There’s a small moment of confusion on her face before it is replaced with the same recognition. Kira smiles a bit, impressed that he remembered her at all.
Even if incorrectly, it was close enough.
“Kira, but yeah.” She nods happily, “It’s been awhile, I honestly didn’t expect to see you ever again!” A small giggle escapes her, “I’m afraid I cannot recall your name, I’m horrible with names. But I remember, from Concord right?”
Carlos smiled slightly. “I might,” he said. He reached his
hand up to shift his bag to push his point. “Um… I think I picked up what looks
like a tray of some kind, and some instruments. I thought I could sell them for
materials, but if they’re good and you can find a use for them…” He tried to
think if he had any more bags too. Well, there was one, but it had a hole poked
in it. Duct tape might fix it, but he wasn’t sure if that’s what Kira wanted to
do with it.“Do you…. Would you like to have a look?”
He seemed rather sweet, she could see it in his smile. Kira trusted him though she didn’t know the first thing about this man
“Oh? Is that so? That sounds interesting for sure. I could use replacements if they’re the right kind. Just in case you know?” Kira smiles, distributing her weight onto one hip.
When asked, Kira’s face brightened up, smiling widely, “Yeah actually! If you want, you can come to my office so you can have a seat. It’s always awkward having to dig through stuff when you don’t have space eh?” She mentions, she could even possibly buy some stuff for Sun too depending on what he carried.
“Come along, Carlos.” She beckons him before turning on a heel and heading towards her ‘office’.
Carlos looked after her, but he nodded and zipped his bag up again before following her. “A- um, alright!” he said.
This was good – at least the salvage he had could go to what they were meant to be used for. It hurt a little bit, selling the salvage when it just was going to be melted or pounded down to raw materials. But this way, specialized pre-war design would continue to be used and maybe he’d get a few more caps out of it as well.
He felt alright going with her. Most of the shops were open-air, and considering they were in a city he thought that he’d be safe enough. “So, uh… what sort of things do you do here? Like, I mean… what’s your job like?” Carlos was a bit curious, but he mostly wanted to just start some kind of conversation.
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