[ She pauses a beat, replays her statement in her head and then her expression drops a bit, along with her tone. ]
Sorry. I didn't mean... It's just...
[ Before she has the chance to flounder her explanation more, there's an explosion of flames just a short distance behind them that returns Darlene to the task at hand: getting the hell out away from here. ]
Anywhere away from here? I don't know about you, but I'm not trying to end up dead on a beach in who-the-fuck-knows-where. [ Her head swivels as she looks around: a treeline to one side of them, the ocean to the other. Not very many options. ]
C'mon. Unless you plan on swimming back to the city? Because I don't think that's the Hudson.
[ So, off she goes! Into the great unknown of the wilderness! ]
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[ She pauses a beat, replays her statement in her head and then her expression drops a bit, along with her tone. ]
Sorry. I didn't mean... It's just...
[ Before she has the chance to flounder her explanation more, there's an explosion of flames just a short distance behind them that returns Darlene to the task at hand: getting the hell out away from here. ]
Anywhere away from here? I don't know about you, but I'm not trying to end up dead on a beach in who-the-fuck-knows-where. [ Her head swivels as she looks around: a treeline to one side of them, the ocean to the other. Not very many options. ]
C'mon. Unless you plan on swimming back to the city? Because I don't think that's the Hudson.
[ So, off she goes! Into the great unknown of the wilderness! ]