[ nancy is, of course, precisely on time. she steps into the pub as peter's putting in their order, so she can not-greet him just as casually.
it still feels ridiculous, carrying a lantern around with her the same as she carries her bag, but. everybody's got one, so. yeah. it's fine. she'll get used to the extra weight eventually, but for now it's probably obvious she's very Aware of it, her hand moving to brace where it hangs from her bag strap as she approaches him. otherwise she seems pretty... fine? fine is a good word. ]
Hi.
[ and the look she gives him - when she notices he's doing the "quick once over" move she's perfected herself over the last few years - says just that. i'm fine.
of course, then he says that and her brows jump up a bit. oh? ]
Oh. [ okay. she can roll with that. she's wondering just how many people know about what el can do now, but that's here nor there. there's really no reason she needs to keep it a secret here, probably. maybe? hm. she'll figure it out later. she's not worried about peter knowing, at least, because he certainly hasn't given her a reason to believe he doesn't have eleven's best interests at heart, so. ] Well... Do you know how? Or why? Because those two things are more important than what, exactly, she can do. For this situation, at least.
[ not that she's going to divulge every bit of eleven's history right now, but there are some key points, sure ]
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[ nancy is, of course, precisely on time. she steps into the pub as peter's putting in their order, so she can not-greet him just as casually.
it still feels ridiculous, carrying a lantern around with her the same as she carries her bag, but. everybody's got one, so. yeah. it's fine. she'll get used to the extra weight eventually, but for now it's probably obvious she's very Aware of it, her hand moving to brace where it hangs from her bag strap as she approaches him. otherwise she seems pretty... fine? fine is a good word. ]
Hi.
[ and the look she gives him - when she notices he's doing the "quick once over" move she's perfected herself over the last few years - says just that. i'm fine.
of course, then he says that and her brows jump up a bit. oh? ]
Oh. [ okay. she can roll with that. she's wondering just how many people know about what el can do now, but that's here nor there. there's really no reason she needs to keep it a secret here, probably. maybe? hm. she'll figure it out later. she's not worried about peter knowing, at least, because he certainly hasn't given her a reason to believe he doesn't have eleven's best interests at heart, so. ] Well... Do you know how? Or why? Because those two things are more important than what, exactly, she can do. For this situation, at least.
[ not that she's going to divulge every bit of eleven's history right now, but there are some key points, sure ]