[ Simon’s light, stronger than Pod’s, lands on her from behind while she’s doggedly trying to clear the rubble. Really gives the whole scene that cryptozoological touch. The activity itself doesn’t strike him as odd, since sheer worker-ant ruin-punching is one of the only things that makes any sense to be doing right now.
He hasn’t noticed how tired she is now so much as, in the absence of the sheets of rain that were coming down when they met... he just now notices how messed up she looks all the time. Especially when he gets closer, inclining his head cautiously as he steps around her to her side.
It’s kind of bad. ]
Are you ... [ he knows how she’ll probably answer this, but he has to ask anyway. ] okay?
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[ Simon’s light, stronger than Pod’s, lands on her from behind while she’s doggedly trying to clear the rubble. Really gives the whole scene that cryptozoological touch. The activity itself doesn’t strike him as odd, since sheer worker-ant ruin-punching is one of the only things that makes any sense to be doing right now.
He hasn’t noticed how tired she is now so much as, in the absence of the sheets of rain that were coming down when they met... he just now notices how messed up she looks all the time. Especially when he gets closer, inclining his head cautiously as he steps around her to her side.
It’s kind of bad. ]
Are you ... [ he knows how she’ll probably answer this, but he has to ask anyway. ] okay?