WHO: six, marcus, marcoulf, barrow, matthias, laura & derrica WHAT: escorting some stranded orphans back to ostwick WHEN: firstfall 9:45 WHERE: on the road to ostwick NOTES: n/a.
Barrow's patience for the children seems limitless. Laura's is not. At some point, in some night, she appears at the tent flap along with one of the youngest children--a little boy looking to sneak in with the others.
"This is not your assigned tent," she informs the sleepy children, piled in around Barrow like wayward puppies. "There is no longer room for Barrow."
"You have to leave," she tells the children, in what she assumes is a kind tone. Her voice is flat and brooks no argument.
And the children argue anyway.
"We want to stay here," a girl mumbles, half-asleep.
"I'm not leaving," says a boy.
"If someone attacks, Barrow will not be able to defend you because he will be unable to move." Laura crouches down before the opening of the tent, so she can look at the children on their own level. "You may die."
The children's response is a mix of fearful cries and argument; Laura, only expecting the latter, doesn't know what to do with the former. She stares into the tent, the muddy scents of too many people filling it, and realizes that Barrow has fallen asleep.
If he is not going to assist her, Laura is not going to insist on moving everyone back to their proper tents. He doesn't appear to care that the children have disobeyed, which is his own failure to bear. She reaches in for the arm of her orphan, the girl who talked back to her, and pulls her out from the tent.
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"This is not your assigned tent," she informs the sleepy children, piled in around Barrow like wayward puppies. "There is no longer room for Barrow."
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"Please," he says wearily, "if they all shuffle around again it'll take hours."
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And the children argue anyway.
"We want to stay here," a girl mumbles, half-asleep.
"I'm not leaving," says a boy.
"If someone attacks, Barrow will not be able to defend you because he will be unable to move." Laura crouches down before the opening of the tent, so she can look at the children on their own level. "You may die."
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Useless to Laura's cause, Barrow begins to snore faintly, snatching the moment when he can.
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If he is not going to assist her, Laura is not going to insist on moving everyone back to their proper tents. He doesn't appear to care that the children have disobeyed, which is his own failure to bear. She reaches in for the arm of her orphan, the girl who talked back to her, and pulls her out from the tent.