Re: eddie/muerte quicklog
It's one of the more popular languages in this city. I'm surpised you haven't learned. [The words weren't cruel, just even and steady. And she returned his smile with a gentle one of her own. Maybe she was too old to be anything close to nostalgic, but things were good. At the moment.
But she caught the sadness to him, caught the smile at Marcus and the way he'd been watching Anya with that distant expression on his face. She stopped her steps in the middle of the hallway and stared at his face for the span of a breath.] Cruel or kind to make you carry him right now? [It was a real question, one she would defer to him on answering.]
I don't have anyone doing anything. [She smiled, still holding Marcus, as Eddie hadn't answered yet, and she wasn't going to pass the toddler over without an okay.] They're mostly taking care of themselves. And all of the rest of it. [She went quiet for a moment, more serious.] They've seen what bad is. It's recent enough for them to want to do what it takes to keep it good for a while still.