Beyond Evolution

"So." The last fifteen minutes of movie had gone by without conversation, and from the looks of it Molly had been biting her tongue for at least three of them. Dan had been watching, wondering when she would finally give in and start talking again. Watching movies in silence wasn't exactly her strong point, even less so when the movie in question was a cheesy made-for-TV flick that didn't even have any ninjas in it. She glanced over, sticking the end of a piece of licorice in her mouth. "You're awful quiet."

Dan shrugged. "Ran out of things to talk about, I guess." This was the third movie in a row, after all, and he only had so many interesting things to say, especially when at some point that evening they'd reached an unspoken agreement that the recent disappearances were off-limits as far as conversation went. Or at least, he wasn't going to be the first one to bring them up. Look at that, he was making a real effort to be social and not bring the mood down, Molly must be so proud.

She bit off the end of her licorice piece, chewing thoughtfully for a moment. "Yeah. Nothing else going on here that's interesting." Another few seconds passed in silence, and she burst out laughing, catching him by surprise. "Oh, come on. It's not even that weird by our standards. And I think it's right on schedule."

( So it was just Dan who'd been avoiding the subject, then, that was good to know. )

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