[He doesn't recognize her from the back. With her hair lighter and curlier, Nancy's just another Sleeper, or maybe even a townsperson. But since he's passing by, and he's a good few inches taller than her, there's no harm in reaching up and over the girl's head to grab the blanket she seems to be going for.
Issue #1: The blanket is packed in with several others of its kind. Issue #2: Mike is not graceful. He pulls on the blanket, and it starts to come unfolded in its tightly packed heap, jostling all the other bundles around it. And when he gives one more tug, hoping to pop it loose easily - well.
All of the blankets come tumbling down.]
Shit. [He yelps, grabbing at what's sure to be a bruised shoulder, and fights to get one of the scratchy blankets off of his head. When he finally does, eyes wide and hair utterly preposterous, it's to a sight he had half-expected to never see again.]
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Issue #1: The blanket is packed in with several others of its kind. Issue #2: Mike is not graceful. He pulls on the blanket, and it starts to come unfolded in its tightly packed heap, jostling all the other bundles around it. And when he gives one more tug, hoping to pop it loose easily - well.
All of the blankets come tumbling down.]
Shit. [He yelps, grabbing at what's sure to be a bruised shoulder, and fights to get one of the scratchy blankets off of his head. When he finally does, eyes wide and hair utterly preposterous, it's to a sight he had half-expected to never see again.]
Nancy?!