It is hot, isn't it. The current climate. In more ways than one.
[John's brought provisions to march a small army through the Andes and Prior isn't entirely successful at not showing his amusement and - something else. It's a touching amount of effort, for someone who barely eats as it is. He will now, of course. He's positively obliged.]
I went to buy milk this morning and was lucky to return with the shirt on my back. The locals are very friendly, all of a sudden.
[He moves in not to take the bottle but to lift John's hand and tilt it, reading the label as if it has any meaning and giving an approving look.]
[ well, it's a relief if nothing else that Prior's noticed the state of the world out there. it's a strange thing to try and describe while not being entirely certain you haven't been part of a mass hallucination. John's distracted enough with his bark of laughter following the relief of shared experience to not really take much physical notice to being gently puppeteered— no adverse notice, anyway. he watches it happen with mild fascination, a serial soap-watcher taking note of the recurring character's failure to flinch. ]
Tell me about it. I'm amazed I came back with even half of what I did. We'll have to be careful, this stuff might be laced with whatever's in the water. [ that last comment comes accompanied with the light indicating shake of the hand guided and holding the bottle.
a glance up from hands and the bottle to cast Prior a smile at a shared joke they've not quite established - or perhaps just to cast him a smile. ]
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[John's brought provisions to march a small army through the Andes and Prior isn't entirely successful at not showing his amusement and - something else. It's a touching amount of effort, for someone who barely eats as it is. He will now, of course. He's positively obliged.]
I went to buy milk this morning and was lucky to return with the shirt on my back. The locals are very friendly, all of a sudden.
[He moves in not to take the bottle but to lift John's hand and tilt it, reading the label as if it has any meaning and giving an approving look.]
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Tell me about it. I'm amazed I came back with even half of what I did. We'll have to be careful, this stuff might be laced with whatever's in the water. [ that last comment comes accompanied with the light indicating shake of the hand guided and holding the bottle.
a glance up from hands and the bottle to cast Prior a smile at a shared joke they've not quite established - or perhaps just to cast him a smile. ]