she glances at those marks with some concern, sort of checking to see how fresh they are and whether it looks like this just happened or not, before she answers.]
Not quite. It was more of... an expedition, that became more of an adventure than we had planned for.
Oh - shit. [and she pulls her coat closer again.] Fuck, I forgot that was still there. It's nothing. Just got into a fucking fight right before I showed up here.
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she glances at those marks with some concern, sort of checking to see how fresh they are and whether it looks like this just happened or not, before she answers.]
Not quite. It was more of... an expedition, that became more of an adventure than we had planned for.
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Oh. So... like explorers? How many of you were there?
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she doesn't derail to ask immediately, but she is absolutely keeping that in the back of her mind.]
Explorers and researchers, yes-- there were seven of us, myself included.
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she basically goes o:]
Oh, that's how many we have too. Including me. Well - I guess. Eight, sometimes.
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[hm. does the voidfish count as an eighth for them...]
I don't often hear about other groups of that size.
[adventuring squads seem to run a little smaller, in most cases.]
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You - you could say that, yeah.
[anyway]
Usually you just see groups of four but - we all kind of just collided into each other and stuck together.
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[she watches that gesture, though, and this time she does take the opportunity to comment, pausing a moment before she asks-]
Are you all right? That certainly looks like it left a mark.
[with a brief gesture to her own neck, to indicate what she means.]
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Oh - shit. [and she pulls her coat closer again.] Fuck, I forgot that was still there. It's nothing. Just got into a fucking fight right before I showed up here.
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[asking everyone to chill is a lot, she isn't chill about it either, but. please.]
It's a relief to know that's not the case.