Quorra gazed out the window at the rain and occasional flashes of lightning as the sky groaned with thunder. It filled her with excitement and a feeling of being utterly, completely alive. It also reminded her of the Grid. The lightning storms there had been magnificent to behold. She glanced back at Alan, who was leaned back in the couch reading a
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"You should take a jacket, you'll catch a cold." The logical part of him told him that wasn't the case, no one actually caught colds in the rain.. at least not from the water. But he said it anyway, he used to tell it to Sam out of force of habit. "Don't spend too long, Quorra, it's pretty bad out there." She'd be fine. Programs didn't short-circuit in the rain or anything.
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She grabbed a light sweater mostly just to appease him. The cold hardly bothered her, after all. Thinking ahead, she also brought a towel and laid it nearby to grab when she needed it. Doubtless she'd be soaking when she came back inside; that was sort of the point, after all.
"I'll try not to be out there for very long," she promised with a smile. "But it is very pretty."
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Quorra shot him a bright smile. "Sure thing."
She stepped out into the rain, inhaling in the crisp clean air and grinning. It felt great out here, the cool liquid splashing down on her skin. It wasn't long before she was jumping in puddles and giggling, her short wet hair plastered to her face as the rain came down even harder. Thunder rumbled in the distance and she sighed happily.
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