Groovy Tunes; Tuesday [02/04].

[lilac_eyed_lieutenant]

There wasn't usually a whole lot to do around the store when Tisarwat came in for work, so she was hoping Breq wouldn't mind too terribly if she was spending most of her day behind the counter, frowning at her notebook, while trying to work on her poem a little.

The stereo, at least, seemed to be cooperating, for the most part, in playing some romantic mixes, although sometimes the songs did distract her a little as she listened to the lyrics and sort of boggled a little at what was considered to be romantic sentiments on this world, and wondering if she should be taking some sort of notes to consider.

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[justice_undone]

"Tisarwat?"

Breq hadn't talked to her young Radchaai employee in a while, and mostly stopped by to see how she was doing.

[lilac_eyed_lieutenant]

At that particular moment, Tisarwat was deep in thought, tapping out an arrhythmic beat with her pen, trying to come to terms with the fact that there were almost no good ways to work meat on sticks into a classically romantic poem.

She found this incredibly feustrating and disappointing.

But she blinked out of it at the sound of her name.

"Oh. Breq. Hello."

She might have been worried about not really doing much work just then, but she'd been working for her at the shop long enough to know that there really wasn't a whole lot of work to do, and figured Breq wouldn't actually mind much.

[justice_undone]

"Time for some tea?" Breq asked. "It's been quiet lately. Don't worry about doing homework here when there's not much to do."

[lilac_eyed_lieutenant]

"It's not--" Tisarwat started to say that it wasn't homework, not really, but she stopped herself, because then she would have to explain what it was, and she definitely couldn't imagine Breq being any help with romantic poetry, outside of possibly knowing some good inspirational songs. So she changed her tack, before they could even get too far down that road. "Thanks. It helps the quieter times go by a little faster. And I'd love some tea, of course."

Her own had started getting cold, distracted as she was with the poetry, and now she was thinking it might be nice to take a break and think about something else for a little while.

"How have you been?" she offered, to spark up a conversation in the meantime.

[justice_undone]

"It's been quiet," Breq said. "Too quiet. Not that I miss any of the strange events, but I really wish I'll be able to get a portal back to my universe soon."

[lilac_eyed_lieutenant]

Tisarwat's expression went sympathetic. "If you do figure it out," she said, "I might be interested, too. Even if it's not exactly the same, it would still be home."

But then she thought about that a little more.

"It does make you wonder what sort of implications it could have if were to do something like that."

She did figure she could be incredibly valuable to Breq, at that point, which had its appeals, but there was also a possibility that messing with the timelines even more directly could lead to some sort of permanant damage to the universe as a whole.

She liked to think she'd be willing to risk it, though.

[justice_undone]

"Yes," Breq said after a pause, looking at Tisarwat. "You wouldn't want to try to get home to where you're from, though, even if it would take longer? Seeing friends, family? They must miss you."