jill shifts, realizing that the tension between them might be exacerbated by her own silence. it had been too long since she was able to think and act upon her own thoughts. being able to move without an operator, being able to decide and act upon those decisions. christine was a new addition to the B.S.A.A's favoured wolf squad. therefore jill hadn't been able to make her own judgements about the other woman yet. but it was obvious chris must've trusted her. so there they sat at the same table, supposedly eating lunch. (although jill couldn't bring herself to eat yet.) there was no flavour to food like there used to be. everything was pure texture, and all of those textures were to be desired.
"sorry, still getting my thoughts together. didn't mean to ignore you, christine. what was it you were saying about my infection?"
lips purse into a thin line as christine realizes jill is likely miles away right now. she definitely didn't catch anything she said so now she elects to eat in silence, something she's used to anyways. lunch has never really been a social affair for her, and much like she did at umbrella she eats in her lab most times. the invitation from jill was a surprise and it surprised her even more when she decided to say yes.
they've gotten somewhat familiar over the past few months. christine's specialty in all things pathological and viral makes her the obvious choice to be the one checking in on jill. she leaves the medical examinations for the doctors, but the rest is in her field. its nice to have some jurisdiction again, even if it's most imagined and could be overridden by most anyone with rank.
still. if they want results, its better to let her work. at least redfield knows that.
the changes to jill's physiology are of particular interest. color drained from her skin and hair, it's an odd side effect. and she knows there's more subtle ones -- altered sense of taste and smell, the seemingly lasting strength and agility, the fact that the t-virus is gone, to name a few.
it's become somewhat of a mini-pet project to see if any of those are reversible (not the enhanced abilities of course. jill probably doesn't to lose that. christine has never asked). at least the justification is enough to get chris to give her a little bit more access to things.
“ you don't have an infection jill. lab results came back negative. four times. ” which is a damn shame. having some samples of the T and C virus and seeing how they interact would've been wonderful. or at least even the chance to study the device, but that's been destroyed too.
“ wish i had a chance to see how that worked. ” christine mutters idly to herself. it takes a moment to realize she that out loud and she wants to bite her own tongue off. “ i dont mean it like that. just samples. ”
