[The slightest smirk might show at the corners of the stranger's mouth. Amusement? a hint of flattery? At least some of the tension starts to fade for the moment.]
You have good taste, young lady.
[A glance back to the shadowed figure looming the darkness.]
Small mercies, it would appear. But now to send him on his way and clear the path?
[The ghostly image shifts a bit, perhaps flickering, but with no sign of departing any time soon. She might even hear a voice on the wind. "If this is a hell, it is one we must share, and one you sent me to..."]
[The stranger might shift, planting one well-shod foot slightly behind him in a defensive stance, .]
If that were the case, you should thank me: you were one foot in hell already. Now be quiet. [A half-glance over his shoulder to Coraline] So what are, a seer? a necromancer? [Something out of his frame of reference, given the hint of skepticism in his tone, but there's also a hint of willingness to entertain the notion, given their circumstances.] Is there a means of banishing this shade?
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You have good taste, young lady.
[A glance back to the shadowed figure looming the darkness.]
Small mercies, it would appear. But now to send him on his way and clear the path?
[The ghostly image shifts a bit, perhaps flickering, but with no sign of departing any time soon. She might even hear a voice on the wind. "If this is a hell, it is one we must share, and one you sent me to..."]
[The stranger might shift, planting one well-shod foot slightly behind him in a defensive stance, .]
If that were the case, you should thank me: you were one foot in hell already. Now be quiet. [A half-glance over his shoulder to Coraline] So what are, a seer? a necromancer? [Something out of his frame of reference, given the hint of skepticism in his tone, but there's also a hint of willingness to entertain the notion, given their circumstances.] Is there a means of banishing this shade?