[ She raises an eyebrow at him as he starts to clearly start to try and toughen up as the "adult" in this situation. Never mind the fact that Carol is much, much older than him, but well... it does make him an effective meatshield for any potential danger, so she decides to keep that to herself.
Does that mean that she's going to act her physical age? No, of course not. ]
Lead the way, then, tough guy.
[ And now he's trying to wrench out one of the old rusty cutlasses from one of the corpses. Well, she'll give him that, he's not completely hopeless. Carol herself did something similar, having stolen an old rusty knife off of a corpse herself. Still, she eyes him up and down as he tries to pull free the weapon with a grimace on his face...
Ryunosuke Naruhodo, clearly Japanese, both by his appearance and the way he dresses. She's trying to glean information about him from his appearance, but it's not going well for her. ]
...So, tell me about yourself, Ryunosuke Naruhodo.
[ It was getting hard to watch him grimacing at what he's doing right now, so fine, she'll start some small talk. ]
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Does that mean that she's going to act her physical age? No, of course not. ]
Lead the way, then, tough guy.
[ And now he's trying to wrench out one of the old rusty cutlasses from one of the corpses. Well, she'll give him that, he's not completely hopeless. Carol herself did something similar, having stolen an old rusty knife off of a corpse herself. Still, she eyes him up and down as he tries to pull free the weapon with a grimace on his face...
Ryunosuke Naruhodo, clearly Japanese, both by his appearance and the way he dresses. She's trying to glean information about him from his appearance, but it's not going well for her. ]
...So, tell me about yourself, Ryunosuke Naruhodo.
[ It was getting hard to watch him grimacing at what he's doing right now, so fine, she'll start some small talk. ]