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Kurosaki Mafuyu / "Natsuo" / "Usa-chan Man" ([personal profile] formerbanchou) wrote in [community profile] backyardbbq 2016-04-26 07:18 pm (UTC)

I did indeed, I've been helping a friend who had a baby recently.

You mean it?

[She was almost too quick to sound hopeful. So much for trying to play it cool.

But Mafuyu, being Mafuyu, tried to cover up that slip in her Totally Working Poker Face by looking away very quickly and stammering out a fake-excuse.
]

I-I mean, if we're going there anyway, it couldn't hurt to look. I know the odds are against them being alive, but it's better to check, right?

[Thankfully, Chris gave her an out from that conversation, in the form of talking about preparations. There was a lot to do, and she could focus on that instead. So, finally, she stood up.]

Right. Scout things out, get ready to go.

[After a short pause, she added one last question.]

Why when it rains, though? To cover our footsteps? Because footprints in the mud would be a pretty big clue that we snuck out.

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