[It's in the air, same as the smell of ash. The low buzz of fear in town borne from the thought of a safe place taken away—or just the backlash from the realization that it was never all that safe in the first place.
He isn't generous enough to put enough stock in her to be disappointed if she doesn't show. But she doesn't keep him waiting very long. Well. What d'you know.]
"Lucky" is a pretty nice way to put it.
[Optimistic. For an arson, the damage is shockingly contained. Maybe the swift action of the crew and the local law enforcement can take the credit for that. Or maybe the threat to life and property was just incidental—arson's always been a classic way of torching the evidence. He's done it himself, once or twice. Either way, luck probably didn't have anything much to do with it. Now that they're both here, gets to cutting to the chase. Hooks his fingers under the edge of his cowl to take it with him as he hops off the fence to get boots back on the dirt. Setting out toward the back of the building, with the expectation that if she's curious enough to show, she's curious enough to follow.]
Spend a whole lot of time around burning buildings?
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He isn't generous enough to put enough stock in her to be disappointed if she doesn't show. But she doesn't keep him waiting very long. Well. What d'you know.]
"Lucky" is a pretty nice way to put it.
[Optimistic. For an arson, the damage is shockingly contained. Maybe the swift action of the crew and the local law enforcement can take the credit for that. Or maybe the threat to life and property was just incidental—arson's always been a classic way of torching the evidence. He's done it himself, once or twice. Either way, luck probably didn't have anything much to do with it. Now that they're both here, gets to cutting to the chase. Hooks his fingers under the edge of his cowl to take it with him as he hops off the fence to get boots back on the dirt. Setting out toward the back of the building, with the expectation that if she's curious enough to show, she's curious enough to follow.]
Spend a whole lot of time around burning buildings?
[In general. Just curious.]