[ Marlene stares a moment, blinks. Everyone’s got a signal or two for tight situations, but full sign? She shouldn’t know it. Knows she shouldn’t know it, yet somehow she does, the meaning coming easy as breathing.
It doesn’t bode well, but she’s too exhausted to pick. She watches close, tries to figure Ollie for deaf or just mute. They'll need to know before trying to move anywhere. Her speech slows: Most lip-reading’s rarer, rougher than pop culture would have it. No reason to make it any harder. ]
Some kind of forest. [ No shit. ] Mountains a ways off. Can’t see smoke, but the river looks like it widens.
[ Water means people, if there are people to be found. Both mean danger. ]
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It doesn’t bode well, but she’s too exhausted to pick. She watches close, tries to figure Ollie for deaf or just mute. They'll need to know before trying to move anywhere. Her speech slows: Most lip-reading’s rarer, rougher than pop culture would have it. No reason to make it any harder. ]
Some kind of forest. [ No shit. ] Mountains a ways off. Can’t see smoke, but the river looks like it widens.
[ Water means people, if there are people to be found. Both mean danger. ]
Wherever it is, we can’t stay.