Seeing that Guts has made his flag into a headband, Nerine, dripping, makes eye contact and undoes hers, then reties it around one of her thighs. He was going to have to reach down pretty far either way, so this is mainly a petty gesture.
Hesri looks from one of his eyes to the other and makes a little concerned sound, but steps back and leaves them to it anyway. Her bandages are disarrayed and some of the harsh-smelling ointment under them has gotten squeezed out or soaked through, leaving them darker and smudged. Someone helps her get mitts over them so she won't annoint everything she touches but she's going to get them rewrapped soon.
With the rain cleared up and the sun coming out, the day is becoming humid and sticky. Girls fan themselves and make a circle to watch and talk in whispers and murmurs. Someone's taking bets and another forgets to hush her voice saying "-but have you looked at him? Come on."
Nerine appears not to have heard or cared about any of it now that those ground rules have been laid out. Her eyes, as big and bright and unspeaking as a fox's, flick over Guts and his frown and then, to the side, where horses that had the good sense to stay out of the rain are venturing out of the stable, and she says, "On the roof. I know you climbed that one. Let's go!"
"Hey," Hesri says instantly, but Nerine's already gone, threading through her bigger Sisters and scaling the wall like it's a ladder. Literally none of the girls are into this, though Galli starts to laugh in disbelief.
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Hesri looks from one of his eyes to the other and makes a little concerned sound, but steps back and leaves them to it anyway. Her bandages are disarrayed and some of the harsh-smelling ointment under them has gotten squeezed out or soaked through, leaving them darker and smudged. Someone helps her get mitts over them so she won't annoint everything she touches but she's going to get them rewrapped soon.
With the rain cleared up and the sun coming out, the day is becoming humid and sticky. Girls fan themselves and make a circle to watch and talk in whispers and murmurs. Someone's taking bets and another forgets to hush her voice saying "-but have you looked at him? Come on."
Nerine appears not to have heard or cared about any of it now that those ground rules have been laid out. Her eyes, as big and bright and unspeaking as a fox's, flick over Guts and his frown and then, to the side, where horses that had the good sense to stay out of the rain are venturing out of the stable, and she says, "On the roof. I know you climbed that one. Let's go!"
"Hey," Hesri says instantly, but Nerine's already gone, threading through her bigger Sisters and scaling the wall like it's a ladder. Literally none of the girls are into this, though Galli starts to laugh in disbelief.