10-12-2018, 01:02 AM
The beam dipped and Pond relaxed her shoulders to convey relief. She blew out a breath and scrunched up her face before adopting a goofy expression once more. “Thanks man, I’ve got a killer headache.” The slip of a girl listened around polite chewing, her face shifting from confusion to excitement to wariness. Amelia’s mouth pulled downward to settle somewhere between disgust and repugnance. Her eyes slid first along one seam of the retaining wall then moved to the other, checking the corners before coming up to meet the other woman’s gaze again.
“Is it rats? I hate rats...it’s rats, isn’t it? I read their poo is super toxic when it gets smooshed and becomes airborne.” Pond chattered on. “That’s why you’re Wyatt Earp-ing it with that bandana, huh? You don’t wanna breathe it?” Another crunching bite, then around chewing; “But it’s all water down here after the rain yesterday so you don’t really need it, huh?”
She squinted an eye and tilted her head a little as if she’d just processed her dismissal. “No can do, boss. That wall is what? Eight feet?” Amelia turned her head to look with the light. “Naw, I can’t make that with my little noodle arms...err, arm.” She held up her cast and made a faint, almost-to-herself ‘arr’ sound. The girl’s face lit up in a wickedly impish grin and she said quietly, “All the dinosaurs feared the T-Rex,” then chuckled darkly.
“Is it rats? I hate rats...it’s rats, isn’t it? I read their poo is super toxic when it gets smooshed and becomes airborne.” Pond chattered on. “That’s why you’re Wyatt Earp-ing it with that bandana, huh? You don’t wanna breathe it?” Another crunching bite, then around chewing; “But it’s all water down here after the rain yesterday so you don’t really need it, huh?”
She squinted an eye and tilted her head a little as if she’d just processed her dismissal. “No can do, boss. That wall is what? Eight feet?” Amelia turned her head to look with the light. “Naw, I can’t make that with my little noodle arms...err, arm.” She held up her cast and made a faint, almost-to-herself ‘arr’ sound. The girl’s face lit up in a wickedly impish grin and she said quietly, “All the dinosaurs feared the T-Rex,” then chuckled darkly.