She huffs. "Data, don't talk like that!" She shakes her head vigorously. "Not to me." She then adds quietly.
Tasha grimaces and continues. "I'm not as broken as that sounds," she explains. "I'm not ashamed of what I had to do to survive. Even though I haven't been involved with anyone since then, it's not like sex is-" She fidgets. The words don't come, so she tries something else. "What I don't want is -" She huffs. "The clothing...The make-up...the whole latching onto someone because I was confused and scared -" She shutters. "High and lying." She debates adding something else, but - he needs to hear it. He needs to know.
She locks on to his amber eyes and adds the last important thing in barely a whisper. "And acting like someone's pliant thing,"
She quickly takes the holo from him and her fingers lightly brush his. "I'm not that person any more," she says with an uncertainty even he can hear while quickly looking away. "And you deserved better." Tasha looks away for a moment while setting it down.
"Frankly, I was amazed you went for it. I mean, I figured -" She shrugged. "No emotions, no desire, right? I didn't even think -" She frowns and looks back at him. "Did the virus change any of that?"
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Tasha grimaces and continues. "I'm not as broken as that sounds," she explains. "I'm not ashamed of what I had to do to survive. Even though I haven't been involved with anyone since then, it's not like sex is-" She fidgets. The words don't come, so she tries something else. "What I don't want is -" She huffs. "The clothing...The make-up...the whole latching onto someone because I was confused and scared -" She shutters. "High and lying." She debates adding something else, but - he needs to hear it. He needs to know.
She locks on to his amber eyes and adds the last important thing in barely a whisper. "And acting like someone's pliant thing,"
She quickly takes the holo from him and her fingers lightly brush his. "I'm not that person any more," she says with an uncertainty even he can hear while quickly looking away. "And you deserved better." Tasha looks away for a moment while setting it down.
"Frankly, I was amazed you went for it. I mean, I figured -" She shrugged. "No emotions, no desire, right? I didn't even think -" She frowns and looks back at him. "Did the virus change any of that?"