[Part of the issue here is that for all Natasha might be a spy on paper, that's always been closer to assassin, agent provocateur, someone that destroyed, that acted, especially when things went to Hell. Being told to stay still, play nice and wait made her skin crawl with her own impatience.
But she nods with a sigh, even if she's sure that Wash doesn't really believe that she's taking the issue to heart. He's too good for that, and she's not even trying particularly to sell that lie.]
Well, you're not wrong. [There's a quirk of something almost like a touch of a smile for a breath before it vanishes back under her worry.] Not yet. Sonia hasn't accepted her parole, so they're still keeping her in a cell.
[It's a point she intends to try and investigate, but then they're switching tacks and she follows with a quiet nod of her head.] I know. We're test subjects, with the ultimate goal I predict to be some method of ensuring they can use our genetics in their own geneic engineering programs. Sacrifices so they can figure out how to stabilize it.
[Yes, she knows volunteering is a risk, but she also hadn't felt like she had much choice. She'd been working on the very subject with Diya more or less since she got here. Pulling back from that once she'd realized what they were doing with the ba? As much as she'd wanted to she'd been cautious of drawing attention. And she'd be lying if she said she didn't want just to be able to breathe in her own body again.]
I know it's risky. That said, I'm not sure if I'd have been able to really keep an eye on it without being involved. It's Diya and Sei running the project. [At the question she shakes her head, a thin press of her lips that's a little weary herself as he calls her Tashka. Because he's right, of course, but she'd already accepted that.]
Not really, no. I don't precisely know what they're doing outside of the generalities. I'd know if something went wrong when it started affecting me, but other than that?
[She shrugs her shoulders. Yes, she knows this is a bad idea. She doesn't trust it either, if that's any sort of reassurance. And she certainly doesn't think that the Cetagandans are actually interested in helping the Exotics. This is all for their genetic projects. And thinking of what happened with the Ba makes this not a particularly pleasant thought.]
no subject
But she nods with a sigh, even if she's sure that Wash doesn't really believe that she's taking the issue to heart. He's too good for that, and she's not even trying particularly to sell that lie.]
Well, you're not wrong. [There's a quirk of something almost like a touch of a smile for a breath before it vanishes back under her worry.] Not yet. Sonia hasn't accepted her parole, so they're still keeping her in a cell.
[It's a point she intends to try and investigate, but then they're switching tacks and she follows with a quiet nod of her head.] I know. We're test subjects, with the ultimate goal I predict to be some method of ensuring they can use our genetics in their own geneic engineering programs. Sacrifices so they can figure out how to stabilize it.
[Yes, she knows volunteering is a risk, but she also hadn't felt like she had much choice. She'd been working on the very subject with Diya more or less since she got here. Pulling back from that once she'd realized what they were doing with the ba? As much as she'd wanted to she'd been cautious of drawing attention. And she'd be lying if she said she didn't want just to be able to breathe in her own body again.]
I know it's risky. That said, I'm not sure if I'd have been able to really keep an eye on it without being involved. It's Diya and Sei running the project. [At the question she shakes her head, a thin press of her lips that's a little weary herself as he calls her Tashka. Because he's right, of course, but she'd already accepted that.]
Not really, no. I don't precisely know what they're doing outside of the generalities. I'd know if something went wrong when it started affecting me, but other than that?
[She shrugs her shoulders. Yes, she knows this is a bad idea. She doesn't trust it either, if that's any sort of reassurance. And she certainly doesn't think that the Cetagandans are actually interested in helping the Exotics. This is all for their genetic projects. And thinking of what happened with the Ba makes this not a particularly pleasant thought.]