[ Well, she was alone — as alone as one can be in a carnival, anyway — arguing with the spirit one second and, the next, not so alone.
There's no sound or indication of someone having walked up, not with Childermass. He just appears where the was no one before, right out of the shadow the game's booth is throwing across the ground, severe old-fashioned clothing, raven feather sideburns, and all. Upside, he's definitely one of the more human-looking workers here and also definitely not a spirit, feathers aside. ]
They aren't actually smart enough to rig a game, ma'am, so you may want to rethink just how great that aim of yours is.
[ He says in an even, generally unimpressed way. Technically, dealing with trouble-making patrons isn't his job, but he was in the area and bored, so here we are. ]
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There's no sound or indication of someone having walked up, not with Childermass. He just appears where the was no one before, right out of the shadow the game's booth is throwing across the ground, severe old-fashioned clothing, raven feather sideburns, and all. Upside, he's definitely one of the more human-looking workers here and also definitely not a spirit, feathers aside. ]
They aren't actually smart enough to rig a game, ma'am, so you may want to rethink just how great that aim of yours is.
[ He says in an even, generally unimpressed way. Technically, dealing with trouble-making patrons isn't his job, but he was in the area and bored, so here we are. ]