[ There's a chill on the back of her neck and all the way down her back too, like an ice cube skittering down the length of her spine. It's a feeling she knows well, even if she hasn't needed it for a while. It means: watch out. It means: don't stop smiling, even if you're scared.
It means: if you're not careful, you're going to end up hurt.
The steady rhythm of her chopping doesn't stall or let up even once. ]
It sounds pretty complicated. Knowing me, I'd lose all my sheep right out of the gate.
[ She gives a merry, cheery sounding laugh – then re-evaluates. That's a little far to push her cluelessness. An idol without opinions is preferable back home, but here it might make her a liability and thus, less valuable.
So instead she carries on as if the joke had been an aside to try and clear some of the tension. ]
But... do you really think there's no chance that we could all actually be sheep?
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It means: if you're not careful, you're going to end up hurt.
The steady rhythm of her chopping doesn't stall or let up even once. ]
It sounds pretty complicated. Knowing me, I'd lose all my sheep right out of the gate.
[ She gives a merry, cheery sounding laugh – then re-evaluates. That's a little far to push her cluelessness. An idol without opinions is preferable back home, but here it might make her a liability and thus, less valuable.
So instead she carries on as if the joke had been an aside to try and clear some of the tension. ]
But... do you really think there's no chance that we could all actually be sheep?