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ya-ha-ha! 🍎 ([personal profile] bakedapple) wrote in [community profile] kenoslogs 2023-05-02 04:59 pm (UTC)

[ The sudden increase in the woman's pace causes Link to glance back at her, not out of mistrust, but out of instinct. Practice. When you've spent as long as Link has traveling in dangerous wilderness, always needing to watch your back, the sound of hurried boots coming from behind sets off an ingrained process in his mind. Sword drawn, shield readied... But, he has enough sense to know she means no threat — the look of concern is gone before Link even realizes he's making that face, and instead, he watches her come back to their side with slightly raised eyebrows. ]

Dispenser on the bottom. Okay, then.

[ With one more lingering look at the adult Jyn, he looks out at the road in front of them, his eyes scanning the motionless shopfronts. ]

There's a hardware store ahead. I'm not sure if it sells lantern oil, but why don't we try that first?

[ It's a start. He squeezes the girl's hand firmly, reassuringly, and continues on. The store in question is less than a block away.

It seems at first that the trio might make it all the way there in complete silence, but after a minute, Link murmurs, eyes forward.
]

I saw one too. A phantom.

I'm sorry for... seeing yours.

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