"I've been far from Torchline, but I can't say the wilderness is my preferred environment," Theo says, catching Raza's question. He's pretty strictly a city boy, especially after growing up in Halo, where the only place to explore would be the icy, miserable tundra. Of course, he wouldn't admit to being from Halo if anyone asked; he's still pretending to be an Outlander. But there's no need to volunteer that information right now. The less he says, the less likely he is to get caught in a lie -- a rule that Theo sometimes has trouble obeying.
He groans as Harper assigns him to fence duty with Adam. Hasn't he done enough just by gathering the branches? Eyeing Adam's attempts, he makes his own, moving slowly, trying to make it look as if he's taking great care with his work when he's actually just hoping Adam will get more of it done first.
Theo works on the fence! (Slowly.)
He groans as Harper assigns him to fence duty with Adam. Hasn't he done enough just by gathering the branches? Eyeing Adam's attempts, he makes his own, moving slowly, trying to make it look as if he's taking great care with his work when he's actually just hoping Adam will get more of it done first.
Theo works on the fence! (Slowly.)
Theo
"Poker" by ND Strupler is licensed with CC BY 2.0.
