[ The words just border on that deadpan tone she uses, flirting with sarcasm. But Sciel is...curious, actually, and a smile manages to crack through. She'd seen one of those. An exciting kind of ride, she'd thought, but dismissed it in favor of something that would allow her to transport the others if needed. It didn't mean she wasn't sorely tempted. ]
What made you pick that? Hoping to race someone one of these days?
[ It might end up being dangerous on the open roads. And it's solitary. You travel alone. Perhaps old habits die hard for some people.
Namely, Verso.
Her gaze wanders upwards, towards the sky, as she considers the question. ]
A little over a day now, I guess. I spent a little too long out there, waiting. I didn't want to move on too soon, just in case.
[ Wrapped up in the confusion of what could-be - did she die? - versus what was practical. The others could've been there. She wasn't going to let them walk all the way to the city with potential injuries. But she also couldn't keep the excuse up for very long, not when the opposite could've been true as well: that the other Expeditioners had made it to the city and she was going to be tardy in finding them. ]
You? You been here a few days or--
[ Could that even be possible? She'd been right with him, with him and Lune and Maelle, just before all of this happened. Shouldn't they have come together? ]
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[ The words just border on that deadpan tone she uses, flirting with sarcasm. But Sciel is...curious, actually, and a smile manages to crack through. She'd seen one of those. An exciting kind of ride, she'd thought, but dismissed it in favor of something that would allow her to transport the others if needed. It didn't mean she wasn't sorely tempted. ]
What made you pick that? Hoping to race someone one of these days?
[ It might end up being dangerous on the open roads. And it's solitary. You travel alone. Perhaps old habits die hard for some people.
Namely, Verso.
Her gaze wanders upwards, towards the sky, as she considers the question. ]
A little over a day now, I guess. I spent a little too long out there, waiting. I didn't want to move on too soon, just in case.
[ Wrapped up in the confusion of what could-be - did she die? - versus what was practical. The others could've been there. She wasn't going to let them walk all the way to the city with potential injuries. But she also couldn't keep the excuse up for very long, not when the opposite could've been true as well: that the other Expeditioners had made it to the city and she was going to be tardy in finding them. ]
You? You been here a few days or--
[ Could that even be possible? She'd been right with him, with him and Lune and Maelle, just before all of this happened. Shouldn't they have come together? ]