[ To her credit, Mikumo doesn't falter a step as Marlene informs her about something following them. She hopes something and not someone.
With the same half smile she's been wearing since they left, she carries on, hands clasped behind her back. She could almost seem carefree. ]
Can you fight whatever it is? [ She asks calmly, her voice low to match Marlene's. Her steps seem a bit quicker, like she's already starting to wander from the group. Not too far, not until Marlene answers. ]
b.
With the same half smile she's been wearing since they left, she carries on, hands clasped behind her back. She could almost seem carefree. ]
Can you fight whatever it is? [ She asks calmly, her voice low to match Marlene's. Her steps seem a bit quicker, like she's already starting to wander from the group. Not too far, not until Marlene answers. ]