Ellie snickers under her breath and follows him, just close enough to make it clear she's walking with him, not planning on robbing him. They get a few odd looks, but it's brushed off easily enough.
They head into the local place, not quite fancy enough to have Ellie's hackles up, and she thanks him for the order, talking with her mouth full. Cheese is still a treat.
"Oh, shit," she mumbles around a bite, reaching up to cover her mouth briefly. "Good question." She takes a moment to think about it, but- just as quickly, she discards most of the story. It's not relevant, not really.
"So... one minute, I was in my own world. Wyoming. Walking through the woods. Then... I woke up in the back of a van, drugged out of my fucking head, wearing a hospital gown." She takes another bite of cheese. "Somebody'd shaved off all my hair. I had stitches in the back of my head. The people in the van looked like nurses. And they just... dumped us. Me and some random other folks. In the alleyway. Told us to "look for the people that glow", and they fucked off."
Ellie pulls a face.
"There were a handful of us. Most of them were freaking out. One girl decided that since I wasn't freaking out as hard, I had something to do with it. She took a swing at me, and I ducked and pulled back, and... turned invisible."
There was more to it than that, but that was the gist.
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They head into the local place, not quite fancy enough to have Ellie's hackles up, and she thanks him for the order, talking with her mouth full. Cheese is still a treat.
"Oh, shit," she mumbles around a bite, reaching up to cover her mouth briefly. "Good question." She takes a moment to think about it, but- just as quickly, she discards most of the story. It's not relevant, not really.
"So... one minute, I was in my own world. Wyoming. Walking through the woods. Then... I woke up in the back of a van, drugged out of my fucking head, wearing a hospital gown." She takes another bite of cheese. "Somebody'd shaved off all my hair. I had stitches in the back of my head. The people in the van looked like nurses. And they just... dumped us. Me and some random other folks. In the alleyway. Told us to "look for the people that glow", and they fucked off."
Ellie pulls a face.
"There were a handful of us. Most of them were freaking out. One girl decided that since I wasn't freaking out as hard, I had something to do with it. She took a swing at me, and I ducked and pulled back, and... turned invisible."
There was more to it than that, but that was the gist.
"And that was new."