Mallorie
The younger woman seems not to be hurt, which is a good start. More of a bump to the ego than the body, Mallorie gathers. She doesn’t quite smile, but she can’t help the way amusement softens her expression. She helps her up and lets her dust herself off.
She’s younger than Mallorie expected, though maybe it’s just her enthusiasm. The easy way she gives respect frankly startles Mallorie, who’s more used to belligerent drunks than chipper young women in her line of work, and Mallorie blinks. Frozen, for just a moment. Unused to this sort of friendliness while in uniform.
“It’s no problem,” Mallorie replies, still a little taken aback. She bends to help pick up some of the errant tufts and muses aloud.
“I wasn’t aware people kept sheep here.”
Logically it makes sense - Halo is cold enough that simply breathing in feels like cutting your mouth. But in all the things she’s learned since arriving, she hadn’t once noticed any sheep.
She hands them back with an assuring nod.
“I can help you carry them the rest of the way, if it’s not too far. You shouldn’t suffer for ah,” she held back a wry twitch of her lips, “youthful exuberance.”
She’s younger than Mallorie expected, though maybe it’s just her enthusiasm. The easy way she gives respect frankly startles Mallorie, who’s more used to belligerent drunks than chipper young women in her line of work, and Mallorie blinks. Frozen, for just a moment. Unused to this sort of friendliness while in uniform.
“It’s no problem,” Mallorie replies, still a little taken aback. She bends to help pick up some of the errant tufts and muses aloud.
“I wasn’t aware people kept sheep here.”
Logically it makes sense - Halo is cold enough that simply breathing in feels like cutting your mouth. But in all the things she’s learned since arriving, she hadn’t once noticed any sheep.
She hands them back with an assuring nod.
“I can help you carry them the rest of the way, if it’s not too far. You shouldn’t suffer for ah,” she held back a wry twitch of her lips, “youthful exuberance.”
Knowledge came and devastated
