"Sorry. I didn't--I didn't mean that you were ancient, just that. Uh." Aloy stumbles over her words. Way to go, girl.
"Ah...Where I come from a plague of machines wiped out the ancient human society." It feels unbelievable to put it into words. Feels strange to try and explain it. She hasn't talked to anyone about in real terms except Sylens, and Goddess knows he's a poor conversation partner at best. At home, basically everyone knew that the Ancient Ones had been destroyed by their hubris, by the machines they trusted a little too much. If Shepard didn't know that much, what would it mean?
"We live around their ruins, scavenge their materials when we need them. This is one of the devices they left." She taps her focus. That's not the whole story, obviously. It feels more comfortable to tell the one she knew from Nora stories. How do you explain GAIA? Explain the Faro plague? HADES? She takes a breath, trepidation obvious on her features.
"What you're wearing looks like what I've seen in ruins."
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"Ah...Where I come from a plague of machines wiped out the ancient human society." It feels unbelievable to put it into words. Feels strange to try and explain it. She hasn't talked to anyone about in real terms except Sylens, and Goddess knows he's a poor conversation partner at best. At home, basically everyone knew that the Ancient Ones had been destroyed by their hubris, by the machines they trusted a little too much. If Shepard didn't know that much, what would it mean?
"We live around their ruins, scavenge their materials when we need them. This is one of the devices they left." She taps her focus. That's not the whole story, obviously. It feels more comfortable to tell the one she knew from Nora stories. How do you explain GAIA? Explain the Faro plague? HADES? She takes a breath, trepidation obvious on her features.
"What you're wearing looks like what I've seen in ruins."