[ The far off sound catches Stephen's attention too and all humor drops. The comment goes left without reply as his throat takes on faint shades of blue, spare light filtered up from under his shirt.
He's got a couple of streets worth of range from here. Enough for an advance warning. Nothing imminent, just the edges of further-off jumble and panic, but Nathan's right. It won't be long. ]
We'll clear down for now. Send out what we have and get the rest out of the way.
[ Rounding the pool table, Stephen crouches to collect up some of the empty crates the supplies had arrived in and pass a couple back across for refilling. ]
Help me with these?
[ This time it's a request, even if he's not expecting no for an answer. ]
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He's got a couple of streets worth of range from here. Enough for an advance warning. Nothing imminent, just the edges of further-off jumble and panic, but Nathan's right. It won't be long. ]
We'll clear down for now. Send out what we have and get the rest out of the way.
[ Rounding the pool table, Stephen crouches to collect up some of the empty crates the supplies had arrived in and pass a couple back across for refilling. ]
Help me with these?
[ This time it's a request, even if he's not expecting no for an answer. ]