She is still watching. Watching Ace. Watching the others. She hears the negotiations. But so much of her attention is on the astral the world around her, her body is difficult to address.
almost there:
5d6t5 2 She sees that the one across from her is manipulating his own body.
Raising the stakes.:
11d6t5 5 "His aura is tinged with the Seductress," she thinks
"He would be accustomed to getting his way." Irish was like that, but Irish couldn't manipulate his body like that. No matter, if he could have gotten those implants he would have. Irish was quite determined about getting his own way. She hears Critter speak, Jane admires the direct openness of her concerns and her manner. Jane turns her spirit to observe her and, The Dragonslayer! Jane had only ever seen a picture of that spirit in one of her precious tomes, and this image differed in several aspects. But looking at it Jane had absolutely no doubts. It
was the Dragonslayer. That spirit never accompanied evil. Critter is someone for whom might will never equal right and for whom honesty and integrity are not ideals but the only coin that mattered to her. Jane breaths a sigh of relief that she was right about her. For a moment the Dragonslayer turns to glance at her, and Jane felt her own lack and was glad when it turned away. She had to continue, this was important, this seeing and Jane forced herself to look away from the Dragonslayer and across the table once again
"Hmmm" she thinks.
"The near machine is difficult to read, his aura nearly gone, but he is . . . is . . . lost." She can't explain why she feels that about him, doesn't even know what he would be lost from. His concern about pay is the only strong thing about him.
"I am new to so much of this. But, I don't think I can tell that about someone really. I think I'm trying to hard, assigning emotions because it's what I feel." she thinks. And for a moment is lost in reverie
"Wait! Eyes front! Pay attention!" and her attention turns once again to the myriad contradictions that is Ace of Spades.