( Safety in numbers, and also a yearning to head for the more natural landscape, but... )
Personally, I'd prefer the countryside, but my guess is we'd have greater luck trying towards the buildings that way.
( And about as much luck dodging, should things get dodgy. Running up against creatures they knew nothing about out closer to the countryside seemed more possible, and her grasp of what they're actually contending with in this region is too loose to pretend particular confidence to herself.
Heading toward similar looking buildings it is, then. She sets off, matching pace to whatever Huaisang decides. )
It occurs to me we've been blessed by the ability to understand each other without complication, which is —
( About to say unusual, she's interrupted as they come around the corner of the nearest building by an upbeat voice asking: )
Hello! How can I help you?
( Enter: bright orange lanky companion bot #74, right in front of them. Smiling on its screen face, and waving its blocky hand. )
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Personally, I'd prefer the countryside, but my guess is we'd have greater luck trying towards the buildings that way.
( And about as much luck dodging, should things get dodgy. Running up against creatures they knew nothing about out closer to the countryside seemed more possible, and her grasp of what they're actually contending with in this region is too loose to pretend particular confidence to herself.
Heading toward similar looking buildings it is, then. She sets off, matching pace to whatever Huaisang decides. )
It occurs to me we've been blessed by the ability to understand each other without complication, which is —
( About to say unusual, she's interrupted as they come around the corner of the nearest building by an upbeat voice asking: )
Hello! How can I help you?
( Enter: bright orange lanky companion bot #74, right in front of them. Smiling on its screen face, and waving its blocky hand. )