[He doesn't question it. He may not always act smart, but he isn't stupid. The second she stops speaking and looks away, he's ready. The second she says get down, he's down.]
[Not as quiet as she is, naturally, not as animal as she is, but quiet. Still. Unbreathing, unblinking in the grass, he watches with wide eyes, listens, parts his lips to better scent the air. He hears it coming, of course. But more than that—]
[Tastes it. That mold smell, that fungus. Tensed to bolt, or to attack, he glances at her out of the corner of his eye as something comes into view.]
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[Not as quiet as she is, naturally, not as animal as she is, but quiet. Still. Unbreathing, unblinking in the grass, he watches with wide eyes, listens, parts his lips to better scent the air. He hears it coming, of course. But more than that—]
[Tastes it. That mold smell, that fungus. Tensed to bolt, or to attack, he glances at her out of the corner of his eye as something comes into view.]