[If she were a peacock, she'd be preening. As it is, Fatima's smile is reaching all the way to her eyes. They aren't muscles she expected to flex so much in this nuthouse, but it does feel good. Makes those hours she spent pouring over the damn books feel like less of a waste.]
Fatima. Fatima Merali.
[It's a reflex. On the tip of her tongue are the words "And I'm not a terrorist." It's a defensive mechanism. Always make a joke at your own expense, before someone else can make it for you. But anyone intellectual enough to recite mythology can't be ignorant enough to make that assumption.
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Fatima. Fatima Merali.
[It's a reflex. On the tip of her tongue are the words "And I'm not a terrorist." It's a defensive mechanism. Always make a joke at your own expense, before someone else can make it for you. But anyone intellectual enough to recite mythology can't be ignorant enough to make that assumption.
...right?]