"Only because I wasn't paying attention," Mikal insisted, unable to help looking guilty at Kate's persistence on taking the blame. Someone like Kate -- a bona fide superhero, back home -- shouldn't have had to worry about things like that when she herself was the one wandering around like an idiot. "I mean, really, it was just a stupid -"
There the noise came again, though, a rustling in the bushes, and instinctively, she moved closer to Kate until she could stand behind her, hunched down a little bit. "Did you hear that?" she asked, her voice hushed. She couldn't risk giving away their position, not if whatever it was didn't know they were there. "What is it? Do you think it's something dangerous?"
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Date: 2009-04-22 03:26 am (UTC)There the noise came again, though, a rustling in the bushes, and instinctively, she moved closer to Kate until she could stand behind her, hunched down a little bit. "Did you hear that?" she asked, her voice hushed. She couldn't risk giving away their position, not if whatever it was didn't know they were there. "What is it? Do you think it's something dangerous?"