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Gray ([personal profile] gravings) wrote in [community profile] kenoslogs 2022-12-13 05:15 am (UTC)

[ Even though he concedes with a smile, she can see in his moment of hesitation that he had second thoughts about doing so. Maybe he's secretly competitive — or maybe he just wanted a nice spot for their plant, which if so somehow manages to be both silly and sweet. It makes her think it might have been worth fighting that couple, but Amos probably made the wiser choice in the end. She smiles in return, maybe more to support him than anything. ]

It's okay. We'll find a better place.

[ She's more motivated to find one now, if only so Amos won't come away disappointed. She joins him in looking out over the garden, chewing on what they have to work with. It suddenly seems like a much more important decision than it was one minute ago. The crowd is mostly around the fountain and the seedling supply station, so she looks the other way. ]

It might be better somewhere quieter in the end. When everyone comes back to look at their flowers, they'll probably end up stepping on everyone else's flowers.

[ People are selfish, so all you can really do is plan around their selfishness. Maybe Gray's passive, stranger-wary ways are coming too much into play, but in this case she doesn't feel she's wrong. She starts walking away from the noise, looking for anyplace that seems sufficiently out of the way but still friendly for a baby plant. ]

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