(if the girl is one of the brainwashed locals readying to jump and claw her eyes out or stab her with some knife lilfered from the home goods department, she's already too close to really defend herself from the first strike. If that happens, she'll just have to squirm away or steel herself to using the wrench in her hand, or)
—it doesn't matter what she thinks, a flicker of anxiety rising up and being dashed away in the span it takes for the girl to ask a real question.
Maureen hefts the wind up flashlight absently, dividing her attention briefly between her company and the half detached ring clamping the rubber hose to the washing machine.
"I'm," God, what is she doing? "Working on fixing our water problem."
no subject
(if the girl is one of the brainwashed locals readying to jump and claw her eyes out or stab her with some knife lilfered from the home goods department, she's already too close to really defend herself from the first strike. If that happens, she'll just have to squirm away or steel herself to using the wrench in her hand, or)
—it doesn't matter what she thinks, a flicker of anxiety rising up and being dashed away in the span it takes for the girl to ask a real question.
Maureen hefts the wind up flashlight absently, dividing her attention briefly between her company and the half detached ring clamping the rubber hose to the washing machine.
"I'm," God, what is she doing? "Working on fixing our water problem."
Here's to hoping, anyway.