[ At first he tenses, frozen in place with the edge of the lake lapping at his feet, seeing nothing but a dark figure covered in tentacles and black.
But it’s nice that she’s as pleasant in speech as when he first met her, because otherwise it would take Simon even longer to recognize her under all the... stuff. He does, and his posture slackens slightly, making him one of the maybe few people who can say seeing someone and discovering it’s this lady is a relief??
He shuts off the light — hands-free, it just goes... off — and rolls his eyes. It’s visually conspicuous as hell, naturally, but without malice. ]
All right, take it easy.
[ he looks her over. that’s, uh, some considerable fuckedupness. ] What happened to you?
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But it’s nice that she’s as pleasant in speech as when he first met her, because otherwise it would take Simon even longer to recognize her under all the... stuff. He does, and his posture slackens slightly, making him one of the maybe few people who can say seeing someone and discovering it’s this lady is a relief??
He shuts off the light — hands-free, it just goes... off — and rolls his eyes. It’s visually conspicuous as hell, naturally, but without malice. ]
All right, take it easy.
[ he looks her over. that’s, uh, some considerable fuckedupness. ] What happened to you?