[ elena thinks to ask him if it's obvious, but she imagines her question is an obvious one in itself. if she wasn't new, she imagines she'd be like him, comfortably wrapped up for the winter chill and sneaking into homes that… don't appear lived in at all.
it's strange to be in a town that has the skeleton of being alive, but there's nothing inside of it to even suggest it's breathing but the people she keeps meeting. there's a handful of them now that she can name, her new companion hopefully another one to add to that alarmingly growing list.
so, she nods. ] Yes. [ she lifts a shoulder and teases, ] Looking for mothballs was somewhere in the middle of my list of things to do today.
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it's strange to be in a town that has the skeleton of being alive, but there's nothing inside of it to even suggest it's breathing but the people she keeps meeting. there's a handful of them now that she can name, her new companion hopefully another one to add to that alarmingly growing list.
so, she nods. ] Yes. [ she lifts a shoulder and teases, ] Looking for mothballs was somewhere in the middle of my list of things to do today.
[ it makes her feel warm to be playful. ]
How many houses have you been in so far?