What if they were dead and this was some strange, strange afterlife that they'd found themselves in.
What if they could get out.
What if...
"We...we need to know where we are. What's going on." She can't ask him to not be scared; she's been scared ever since none of the proper Careers volunteered for her five years ago. It's been longer, for him. Worse. She managed to get out of the limelight - no one wants a pretty little mermaid around if she's not a pretty mess - but he couldn't. He's always afraid, or nearly so.
She can't do that.
But she can help.
"You're better at people. You can...you can ask someone. And, and if-if it goes bad and you need a diversion I can scream."
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What if they were safe.
What if they were dead and this was some strange, strange afterlife that they'd found themselves in.
What if they could get out.
What if...
"We...we need to know where we are. What's going on." She can't ask him to not be scared; she's been scared ever since none of the proper Careers volunteered for her five years ago. It's been longer, for him. Worse. She managed to get out of the limelight - no one wants a pretty little mermaid around if she's not a pretty mess - but he couldn't. He's always afraid, or nearly so.
She can't do that.
But she can help.
"You're better at people. You can...you can ask someone. And, and if-if it goes bad and you need a diversion I can scream."
It's not as if screaming would be hard right now.