[ Cocky. It's almost comforting. Been too long by half that she's met anyone with a bit of bite left in them. At least the kind that doesn't just sink right down to bone. ]
You won't be going it alone. [ She hopes that sounds halfway like an answer to the question — the specifics aren't anything to inspire confidence right now. ] I'm going to fall. The others need to keep moving when that happens. Just you and me.
[ Marlene doesn't know the slightest thing about Mara, but she knows biceps when she sees them. You work with what you have.
Abruptly, she stumbles, goes sprawling with a muffled cry. She clutches her side, still dark with dried blood, stares wide-eyed into the muck. The river's tossed up shallow pools onto its banks. Enough to eye the trees behind them. ]
they really should watch where they're going
You won't be going it alone. [ She hopes that sounds halfway like an answer to the question — the specifics aren't anything to inspire confidence right now. ] I'm going to fall. The others need to keep moving when that happens. Just you and me.
[ Marlene doesn't know the slightest thing about Mara, but she knows biceps when she sees them. You work with what you have.
Abruptly, she stumbles, goes sprawling with a muffled cry. She clutches her side, still dark with dried blood, stares wide-eyed into the muck. The river's tossed up shallow pools onto its banks. Enough to eye the trees behind them. ]