[The odds of overlooking a skeleton in a place like this are pretty slim to none. Still, Eddie's glad to have an excuse to hide behind for the time being. He's in the process of scanning the room for a familiar face when she speaks up again.]
Oh. Cool.
[It's a bit of a lackluster answer, he's sure. And Eddie feels a little bad about how dorky it probably sounds after the teasing. It's just an odd position to be in. They've fallen back into the same easy back-and-forth he remembers from before, but there's something else, too. He'd felt it that day in the clearing, and he feels it now. And honestly, it scares him a little.
When he turns back to ask her something and catches her smiling up at him, Eddie's breath hitches. The question is almost immediately forgotten in favor of flashing her a sheepish smile.]
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Oh. Cool.
[It's a bit of a lackluster answer, he's sure. And Eddie feels a little bad about how dorky it probably sounds after the teasing. It's just an odd position to be in. They've fallen back into the same easy back-and-forth he remembers from before, but there's something else, too. He'd felt it that day in the clearing, and he feels it now. And honestly, it scares him a little.
When he turns back to ask her something and catches her smiling up at him, Eddie's breath hitches. The question is almost immediately forgotten in favor of flashing her a sheepish smile.]
So uh... where to now?