At least he's made an effort to apologize. The appearance of politeness combined with compliance carries a lot of weight with Codi, enough to quickly soothe her bristling temper and distract her from how her back stings under the mud. Must've scraped some rocks or something. Whatever, probably fine.
She's lucky to find the truck's keys still in the ignition - or what Codi figures is the futuristic alien approximation of a key-and-ignition combo. It's a small bit of shaped metal inserted into a button near the steering wheel. Close enough. Codi puzzles around this and other such minor differences for a few seconds while Rokuro joins her on the passenger side.
"Hardly a luxury car, that's for sure," she murmurs, experimentally twisting the key and pressing on a pedal that she thinks is a clutch. It's what she remembers Marcus doing when he drove her to the start of this route, anyway. The truck sputters for some moments before whirring to life with an alarming lurch. "--Ah! Got it. Good girl."
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She's lucky to find the truck's keys still in the ignition - or what Codi figures is the futuristic alien approximation of a key-and-ignition combo. It's a small bit of shaped metal inserted into a button near the steering wheel. Close enough. Codi puzzles around this and other such minor differences for a few seconds while Rokuro joins her on the passenger side.
"Hardly a luxury car, that's for sure," she murmurs, experimentally twisting the key and pressing on a pedal that she thinks is a clutch. It's what she remembers Marcus doing when he drove her to the start of this route, anyway. The truck sputters for some moments before whirring to life with an alarming lurch. "--Ah! Got it. Good girl."