carson !
reaching a hand up, carson tucked some stray strands of hair behind her ear as the stranger seemed to find her answer sufficient. from the look she’d taken of his face, she found that it was somewhat familiar, which led her to assume he was probably an upper year. most likely in his fourth since she couldn’t recall seeing him at among her own third year peers over the years. she might even deduce further that he wasn’t in her own field of analysis nor the field ops that her specialization often worked closely with. so cyber ops or technology. her skin itched to know the answer. as he spoke once again, carson shifted slightly on her feet to angle herself in his direction slightly turning her face to look at him straight on with bright doe eyes. “i don’t have an answer to that one,” she responded, holding back a wry smile. “feasibly, a staff member could have a young child and the suggestion may have been the simplest choice.” the brunette shifted on her feet, glancing away for a moment before returning to look at him. “are you a fourth year cyber ops or technology student?” she blurted out, before physically pulling herself up ramrod straight. her own outburst seemed to have startled herself and very quickly, as a result, a surge of red started to flood her cheeks.
it was difficult to pull his gaze from her’s once she looked at him. at this point joaquin knew that it would be rude if he continued to avert his eyes to anything or anyone else but her. small talk was something that joaquin was good at, seeing as long & passionate conversations he thought were best left to friends. so he was someone glad when she changed the topic from the movie to something else. her question had left him a bit speechless at first, his mind racing to figure out how to appropriately answer her. not often did he run into someone with such bluntness, but alas it was a nice change of pace & she had now grabbed his attention with her own attention to detail. “ i’m joaquin desoto, fourth year & part of the tech group. ” his sentence ended there, with no curiosity as to who she was, or rather, it hadn't yet clicked in the male’s mind that he should ask them who they were. a moment passed & joaquin’s eyes finally break away from hers, his hand going up to run through his unkempt hair while it finally dawns on him. “ oh, uh ----- what about you ? ”
