With the runaway earring caught up in her snaggled teeth, Thot scrabbles ahead into the pit of whatever dark corner Fitcher has seen fit to funnel them into. There she lurches and chokes and sloughs slimy pearls out through her jaws for Silas to recover from his crouch nearby, a handkerchief produced to tend each damp piece before he sorts them away into his pockets.
He pauses mid-scrub for the question, breath pinched short behind a glance up from below, bony elbows angled out from his work. Is it a question? There’s room in his vest for a gold bracelet.
“He needed a means to communicate his findings on short notice should he have found himself in danger of capture."
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Date: 2022-04-24 02:44 am (UTC)Silas narrows his eyes.
With the runaway earring caught up in her snaggled teeth, Thot scrabbles ahead into the pit of whatever dark corner Fitcher has seen fit to funnel them into. There she lurches and chokes and sloughs slimy pearls out through her jaws for Silas to recover from his crouch nearby, a handkerchief produced to tend each damp piece before he sorts them away into his pockets.
He pauses mid-scrub for the question, breath pinched short behind a glance up from below, bony elbows angled out from his work. Is it a question? There’s room in his vest for a gold bracelet.
“He needed a means to communicate his findings on short notice should he have found himself in danger of capture."