[She wants to stifle the tears. To ignore the fact that waking up like this was a nightmare. Maybe once she would have done that. Instead she grips her sister back, leaning down instead of scooping her up.]
I don't know--I think-- [She woke up earlier? She thinks. The image of an older man with a shovel comes to mind along with her aching head. It makes her grip Mirabel tighter. Not a bone crushing hug that she might have been able to do before but still tight. Protectively.]
The grave keeper! He--got the jump on me when I sat up-- [Digging up out of the dirt had been difficult...an older man managed to knock her out... Things weren't right. She hadn't had time to realize that she was among the graves of her family yet.] I have to get you out of here.
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I don't know--I think-- [She woke up earlier? She thinks. The image of an older man with a shovel comes to mind along with her aching head. It makes her grip Mirabel tighter. Not a bone crushing hug that she might have been able to do before but still tight. Protectively.]
The grave keeper! He--got the jump on me when I sat up-- [Digging up out of the dirt had been difficult...an older man managed to knock her out... Things weren't right. She hadn't had time to realize that she was among the graves of her family yet.] I have to get you out of here.