Melanie's excitement is infectious, and once again Daniel can't suppress a grin.
"I did go on a lot of digs," he replies. No need to mention that quite a few of them happened to be on alien planets. That's a discussion for a time that's not now. "Not to Greece, unfortunately. Egypt, though. South America a few times."
He keeps the details minimal because they've just reached an elevator, the first divergence in the grim and empty aesthetic Daniel's seen since showing up in this place. He moves toward it, but Melanie heads to the stairs instead. And opens the very heavy-looking door without undue effort.
Daniel silently adds "apparent exceptional strength" to the rapidly growing list of abilities this small child has displayed since he's met her. He assumes she possesses them in the waking world, because Melanie handles them all quite deftly and certainly doesn't seem to find it odd that she has a disproportionate amount of strength and motor control for someone of her age and build. It's growing quite clear to him that with her host of enhanced abilities, she probably could have escaped from this area any time she liked and simply chose not to. She honestly believes she's best kept in here. Daniel still finds that troubling.
He trusts her instinct in this case and follows her up the stairs. He doesn't have a problem with elevators, but he can see why someone would.
"I take it we're underground?" he asks, watching Melanie move with a speed that very easily surpasses his with muted astonishment.
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"I did go on a lot of digs," he replies. No need to mention that quite a few of them happened to be on alien planets. That's a discussion for a time that's not now. "Not to Greece, unfortunately. Egypt, though. South America a few times."
He keeps the details minimal because they've just reached an elevator, the first divergence in the grim and empty aesthetic Daniel's seen since showing up in this place. He moves toward it, but Melanie heads to the stairs instead. And opens the very heavy-looking door without undue effort.
Daniel silently adds "apparent exceptional strength" to the rapidly growing list of abilities this small child has displayed since he's met her. He assumes she possesses them in the waking world, because Melanie handles them all quite deftly and certainly doesn't seem to find it odd that she has a disproportionate amount of strength and motor control for someone of her age and build. It's growing quite clear to him that with her host of enhanced abilities, she probably could have escaped from this area any time she liked and simply chose not to. She honestly believes she's best kept in here. Daniel still finds that troubling.
He trusts her instinct in this case and follows her up the stairs. He doesn't have a problem with elevators, but he can see why someone would.
"I take it we're underground?" he asks, watching Melanie move with a speed that very easily surpasses his with muted astonishment.