He retreats in a jerking, horrified lurch at the same moment the child launches herself into a straight run, bounding over concrete and onto the relatively higher ground of some kind of disused residential container for waste, potentially of the toxic or chemical variety, he has no fucking method or desire to delineate that currently and so he elects to ignore it utterly, and instead watches the child engage in an impressively if unnervingly hypercompetent method of avoidance.
The distressing clarity of her plea cuts cleanly into the aggression of his stance. Rush allows the pipe to swing to his side, suspended evenly over the stretch of road as he lowers himself steadily into a crouch, free hand extended, palm out.
"It's all right," he whispers, the words nearly soundless but for the subtle hiss of the s. "You're fine."
Yes. Fucking lie to the fucking child. This could in no way end poorly.
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He retreats in a jerking, horrified lurch at the same moment the child launches herself into a straight run, bounding over concrete and onto the relatively higher ground of some kind of disused residential container for waste, potentially of the toxic or chemical variety, he has no fucking method or desire to delineate that currently and so he elects to ignore it utterly, and instead watches the child engage in an impressively if unnervingly hypercompetent method of avoidance.
The distressing clarity of her plea cuts cleanly into the aggression of his stance. Rush allows the pipe to swing to his side, suspended evenly over the stretch of road as he lowers himself steadily into a crouch, free hand extended, palm out.
"It's all right," he whispers, the words nearly soundless but for the subtle hiss of the s. "You're fine."
Yes. Fucking lie to the fucking child. This could in no way end poorly.