[ Incredible. All this space on this nice path and someone still manages to tread on her. The Canadian, of all people. ]
[ Too focused in on the well-being of her phone (she's too old to succumb to this... but it was a gift, after all, technically), she notices the approaching footsteps a half a moment too late. He yelps, she yelps at the sudden scuff against her leg, and down a figure tumbles beside her, kicking up a flurry of muck. Likewise instinctively, she raises an arm to shield the worst of it. It gets in her hair, and it flings retaliation mud all the while he's apologizing. ]
Sorry! [ She blurts—this is an absolute trainwreck—flicking her hand this time at the ground before raising it to properly block what she can of the offending rain. ] You're telling me— Are you okay?!
[ Here, she... shoves the muddy phone in a pocket and makes to crawl forward, maybe they can help each other up, but as soon as she shifts her knee, the sodden earth suctions her shoe off the rest of the way. ] Oh hell!
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[ Too focused in on the well-being of her phone (she's too old to succumb to this... but it was a gift, after all, technically), she notices the approaching footsteps a half a moment too late. He yelps, she yelps at the sudden scuff against her leg, and down a figure tumbles beside her, kicking up a flurry of muck. Likewise instinctively, she raises an arm to shield the worst of it. It gets in her hair, and it flings retaliation mud all the while he's apologizing. ]
Sorry! [ She blurts—this is an absolute trainwreck—flicking her hand this time at the ground before raising it to properly block what she can of the offending rain. ] You're telling me— Are you okay?!
[ Here, she... shoves the muddy phone in a pocket and makes to crawl forward, maybe they can help each other up, but as soon as she shifts her knee, the sodden earth suctions her shoe off the rest of the way. ] Oh hell!