Re: Things Will Shortly Get Completely Out of Hand
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2018 10:25 pm
"...No." Leo answered before he cracked his eyes open to see who was speaking to him.
He didn't want to open his eyes very wide, lest he catch sight of Howie in his peripheral vision.
His fingers peeled open from the fist clenched around his crucifix, and there was a throb of pain in the image of the cross dug into his palm. Leo rubbed his hand over his face, brushing away sand and specks of dried seaweed, and then dropped to fumble at the buttons on the front of his coat. He hadn't quite realized how much warmer it was here than back at home until now.
His squinting view of the area found Maya. He didn't know her well, didn't know how long she had been here, or what her intent was. But she hadn't shot yet, if she had the means to do so.
Leo couldn't think of anything else to say in response to her presence, so he left it at that. He had spent too much time inside his own head just now to jump right back into talking with people. If there had ever been an illusion that things could be normal and okay, it was irrevocably shattered by now.
He didn't want to open his eyes very wide, lest he catch sight of Howie in his peripheral vision.
His fingers peeled open from the fist clenched around his crucifix, and there was a throb of pain in the image of the cross dug into his palm. Leo rubbed his hand over his face, brushing away sand and specks of dried seaweed, and then dropped to fumble at the buttons on the front of his coat. He hadn't quite realized how much warmer it was here than back at home until now.
His squinting view of the area found Maya. He didn't know her well, didn't know how long she had been here, or what her intent was. But she hadn't shot yet, if she had the means to do so.
Leo couldn't think of anything else to say in response to her presence, so he left it at that. He had spent too much time inside his own head just now to jump right back into talking with people. If there had ever been an illusion that things could be normal and okay, it was irrevocably shattered by now.