[ He lingers a few paces behind, keeping one eye on their surroundings while Verso goes to investigate. Once he does deign to look at the body, however, it is painfully clear that the soul once inhabiting it has long shuffled off this mortal coil. ]
… He’s dead.
[ So matter-of-fact. ]
Let us quit this place ere someone not so altruistic happens by.
[ As if summoned by those very words, the sounds of approaching engines suddenly reach them – not coming from the road proper, but from either side of it. ]
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… He’s dead.
[ So matter-of-fact. ]
Let us quit this place ere someone not so altruistic happens by.
[ As if summoned by those very words, the sounds of approaching engines suddenly reach them – not coming from the road proper, but from either side of it. ]