Carson frowned at her and glanced around as she accosted him, then folded his arms and looked back at her. "I'm just being cautious, okay? Yes, TRIM fixed you, but none of us know how well or how completely. An injury like yours--Malia, you know how that usually ends." Oliver had suffered a similar wound and died in minutes. He didn't remind her, but it was fresh in his mind. It had been every night that week, dreaming about her body laid out next to his. "The fact that you survived as long as you did, and the fact that you're here now at all, it's luckier than I could hope to be. Can you blame me for taking it a little slowly at first? Just another couple of days, alright? Indulge me here, Lia." He glanced up as someone called his name and kissed her forehead. "I gotta go. We'll start in earnest soon, okay?"<br/><br/>He turned to join a knot of Initiates, all of them looking anxious, and soon walked away with them toward the dorms. Sunny stepped up next to Malia, giving her arm a nudge as she watched Carson walk away. "So, yeah. About training you myself." She glanced sidelong at Malia. "Tell you what. Grab your gun, grab your shit, meet me by the doors in like fifteen. If Cars ain't gonna do his shit, I'm gonna do it for him." She gave Malia another push. "Just don't say shit to him, okay? If he's gonna do you dirty we're gonna show him how fucked up he is for it." Sunny winked at her and hurried down the halls, back to her room to grab her own gear set.<br/><br/>Fifteen minutes later found Sunny leaning next to the bunker's blast doors, checking the two guns mounted on either thigh. Her coat was more form-fitting than Carson's, and the Strider armor she wore was lighter than his too, a vest of studded leather and padded pants. Sunny had tried to suggest she train a few of the Initiates, but Natya had gently shut the idea down. Sunny was too volatile and brusque to handle the task, she said. Which was fair. Sunny knew herself, and she knew she could be very explosive in the wrong situation. It didn't make her any less excited to be able to train Malia.