[ Barbara does locate him in the crowd even before he makes it to her through the throng: it's hard not to, when he happens to often be a few inches above the height of most people around him. But it's the sheer directness, more than that, that almost momentarily stops her. As familiar as it is entirely out of tune. ]
Convenient, that I don't have one of those yet, then.
[ Turning is effortlessly smooth, as is falling into step next to the man who looks like she's expected for a year—but a year is enough to have tarnished most expectation here, and hope (and the stalwart logic, that she isn't looking for any further kidnappings). She taps her smaller earbud once, allowing the retinal tracking program in her second HUD to scroll through several screens until she locates where Dick's tracker indicates he is currently. ]
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Convenient, that I don't have one of those yet, then.
[ Turning is effortlessly smooth, as is falling into step next to the man who looks like she's expected for a year—but a year is enough to have tarnished most expectation here, and hope (and the stalwart logic, that she isn't looking for any further kidnappings). She taps her smaller earbud once, allowing the retinal tracking program in her second HUD to scroll through several screens until she locates where Dick's tracker indicates he is currently. ]
When did you get here?