It does seem a little bit helpless, doesn't it? It hurts to breathe, even in here.
[ which sounds dramatic, but even their breath isn't showing up in the air the same way it would if it was a normal winter. like even their bodies aren't running as hot. which should be alarming, because it means they should be sick, but mostly it's just overwhelming. and uncomfortable. and nancy's hands are tucking into the folds of the blanket without her really deciding to, but all it results in is the scratch of the fabric against her raw palms. yikes.
she opens her mouth to ask him another question, but then her eyes track a little to the side, to a small box on the shelf that she is very sure wasn't there before.
because it has her name on it ]
-- Did you... put that there?
[ she's almost positive he didn't, but. what even? ]
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[ which sounds dramatic, but even their breath isn't showing up in the air the same way it would if it was a normal winter. like even their bodies aren't running as hot. which should be alarming, because it means they should be sick, but mostly it's just overwhelming. and uncomfortable. and nancy's hands are tucking into the folds of the blanket without her really deciding to, but all it results in is the scratch of the fabric against her raw palms. yikes.
she opens her mouth to ask him another question, but then her eyes track a little to the side, to a small box on the shelf that she is very sure wasn't there before.
because it has her name on it ]
-- Did you... put that there?
[ she's almost positive he didn't, but. what even? ]