Good. ( said quickly, hoping to put this whole matter and this God-damned chasm well and truly behind them.
it's not a very good trade, and she's aware of that, but considering there was already 1) another extant (if dubious) method of crossing the gap and since 2) she didn't really think there was much of worth or mention across regardless, she will settle.
if she felt as though she were safeguarding something of importance, however... he would find her an impenetrable and treacherous wall.
the bridge holds. it is surprisingly sturdy, and if one decided to get a brave look closer at its construction, they would find that gobs of cartilage reinforce the integrity of the spinal columns and the rows of ribs—macabre, certainly, but it does its job. she turns on her heel and begins to lead him across, not wanting to waste any time (especially as she's starting to feel an uneasiness in her chest that she knew would lead to a cough that would resemble a minor fit of septimus', if she held up this construct too much longer).
it's up to him to match her pace; she doesn't slow. she does, however, say with confidence, ) I wouldn't let you reach the water.
( but hopefully it won't come to that. how comfortable are you with skeletons, eichi?
she mentally flips through several of the encoded messages and questions she had written in the margins of her journal, but they were either too granular or too broad-scale to broach now. instead she starts simply. ) What does a place like this mean to you?
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it's not a very good trade, and she's aware of that, but considering there was already 1) another extant (if dubious) method of crossing the gap and since 2) she didn't really think there was much of worth or mention across regardless, she will settle.
if she felt as though she were safeguarding something of importance, however... he would find her an impenetrable and treacherous wall.
the bridge holds. it is surprisingly sturdy, and if one decided to get a brave look closer at its construction, they would find that gobs of cartilage reinforce the integrity of the spinal columns and the rows of ribs—macabre, certainly, but it does its job. she turns on her heel and begins to lead him across, not wanting to waste any time (especially as she's starting to feel an uneasiness in her chest that she knew would lead to a cough that would resemble a minor fit of septimus', if she held up this construct too much longer).
it's up to him to match her pace; she doesn't slow. she does, however, say with confidence, ) I wouldn't let you reach the water.
( but hopefully it won't come to that. how comfortable are you with skeletons, eichi?
she mentally flips through several of the encoded messages and questions she had written in the margins of her journal, but they were either too granular or too broad-scale to broach now. instead she starts simply. ) What does a place like this mean to you?