Something about the whole setup was just terribly obvious - with everything as decimated as it was, peaches that just happened to all be ripe right about now were just too good to be true.
She was just a couple of trees away from Clara, holding one of the offending fruits to inspect it. Sniffing it. Breaking it open with her fingers. Evaluating whether anything about it was strange.
...But then she noticed she wasn't alone, and in lieu of being silent, she chose to speak up. Alliances could be made. Besides, the girl didn't seem so very tough at this distance.
"I wouldn't, if I were you. Something isn't right about these."
The Orchard
Something about the whole setup was just terribly obvious - with everything as decimated as it was, peaches that just happened to all be ripe right about now were just too good to be true.
She was just a couple of trees away from Clara, holding one of the offending fruits to inspect it. Sniffing it. Breaking it open with her fingers. Evaluating whether anything about it was strange.
...But then she noticed she wasn't alone, and in lieu of being silent, she chose to speak up. Alliances could be made. Besides, the girl didn't seem so very tough at this distance.
"I wouldn't, if I were you. Something isn't right about these."