She doesn’t follow her gesture, instead cocking her head and crossing her arms before her. Stephanie dealt with BATMAN on a daily basis, this attitude was hardly anything to write home about in comparison. Though she imagined the pair would get along swimmingly.
“ PRIVATE or not, don’t you think saving people is more important than whatever confidentiality you think you’re upholding? I ain’t asking you to spoil EVERYTHING, but you’ve gotta help a girl out. ”
Eyes dart around the room, looking for nothing in particular, just giving her a moment to take measure of the woman and think through how she might convince her to offer up the information she needed. What did Batman say? Be Stephanie, not Batgirl. So she falls back to her and grins.
“ How can I make it worth your while to at least give me a NUDGE in the right direction to find the info myself? ”
tenacity isn’t a trait that jess finds admirable under most circumstances. a dead gaze rests on the plucky blonde, rife with intolerance & shock at the audacity. now, she’s run into a number of stupid motherfuckers in her life, but this is the first one to so plainly strut into her workplace & press for a breach of contract.
gaunt hips find a more satisfying angle to rest at. nails drum against the arm of her chair. now her foot is tapping, all of these being clear indications of impatience. tongue rolls against the inside of her cheek, lower lip sucked in as she fights back a churlish groan. “ saving people – what’d you mean by that? “
asking that question isn’t the first time she’s gone against her better judgement. part of her tries to say that it’ll get the woman to screw off posthaste, but somewhere in that cold heart jessica knows that it’s because she’d like to do the right thing. make up for all the bad shit she’s done, if that’s even possible.