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“The squad, mostly Folks fro enough but won’t noticenervous”

Rio half turns to favor her with a skeptical look If this is Jillion Magraff not being nervous she’d hate to see her nervous

“Would you like to see?” Jillion asks

“Sure”

Jillion draws her bent, sweat-stained sketch pad froe and shyly holds it for Rio to see

“That’s Castain! Hey, Jenou, co with a drunk but darkly attractive staff sergeant “You got one of me?”

Jillion pales “UmI have a few of you”

“Well, let’s see”

“Okay, but, you know, I’ly “This is the first one I did of you”

The sketch is of a girl, in partial profile, looking off to one side and sirl is in uniform, but without a hel

“Oh man, my freckles,” Rio says Jillion starts to put it away, but Rio puts her hand on the page, stopping her “Who was I looking at when you drew this?”

“I don’t remember,” Jillion says

But Jillion blushes, and it’s pretty clear she’s lying Why, though? Who would she sirls? Certainly not Pang or Tilo She hopes it wasn’t Cassel, but then the answer slowly dawns: Jack Of course She was looking at Jack, ready to laugh

“Okay,” Rio says, confused as to how exactly she should be reacting She wants to coood likeness, but it’s also, h “Any others?”

Jillion, perhaps reading Rio’s uncertainty, shakes her head