[Okay but, what could a man possibly say that wouldn't come off suspicious right now? Not much.
She is wholly uninterested in finding out what he means by powerful. Her patience for magic and wonder has been snuffed out three train cars ago. It's not endearing, it's annoying, and it also adds an extra slice of danger on top of every interaction she has. Anyone is capable of anything, so who can be trusted? Probably not men in blue velour suits and blindfolds.
An ensemble which she is finally granted the right to judge as he makes a torch of his phone, and she does likewise with her own. She squints at first from the sudden burst of light, then at the sight of...all that.]
.............
[Okay yeah we're just going to move on with our lives. Get this over with. Toko groans and rolls her eyes, but starts them off on their journey. The path is unkind but not treacherous, something she can manage in heels if she goes carefully.]
So. Who are you? [She'll shoot him a furtive glance.] What were you d-doing in the mines anyway?
[were you FOLLOWING HER??????????????????????????]
aw yeah let's get our teleportation rocks
[Okay but, what could a man possibly say that wouldn't come off suspicious right now? Not much.
She is wholly uninterested in finding out what he means by powerful. Her patience for magic and wonder has been snuffed out three train cars ago. It's not endearing, it's annoying, and it also adds an extra slice of danger on top of every interaction she has. Anyone is capable of anything, so who can be trusted? Probably not men in blue velour suits and blindfolds.
An ensemble which she is finally granted the right to judge as he makes a torch of his phone, and she does likewise with her own. She squints at first from the sudden burst of light, then at the sight of...all that.]
.............
[Okay yeah we're just going to move on with our lives. Get this over with. Toko groans and rolls her eyes, but starts them off on their journey. The path is unkind but not treacherous, something she can manage in heels if she goes carefully.]
So. Who are you? [She'll shoot him a furtive glance.] What were you d-doing in the mines anyway?
[were you FOLLOWING HER??????????????????????????]