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[pickedapocket.livejournal.com]

[There's a slightly green boy squatting just at the edge of the lake, giving it a very suspicious look. He warily dips a hand in the water before scooping up a bit to examine. Not seeing anything immediately wrong, he takes a few more handfuls and splashes himself with them, not paying much attention to the fact that he's still fully dressed.] Where am I? This is too big to be the pond...

((OoC: Not going to type out the lisp, but he does have one, just to mention.))

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[pickedapocket.livejournal.com]

[Jimmy watches her with wide-eyes.]

Yes? [Of course he's fine.] I wasn't trying to leave, I was looking for the pond.

[fortune_sought]

[well, that's a confusing answer. Sophie almost loses her balance as she stops short, but she manages to steady herself. she's still getting used to her shifted center of gravity. once she's had a chance to catch both her balance and her breath, however, she turns her attention back to him, still huffing a bit] The pond? Do you live near a pond, then? I'm sorry, but you won't find that here. You're in the town of Luministi.

[pickedapocket.livejournal.com]

[Not finding that information very important (of course he can find the pond, he just has to look a little longer, and the rest of it hardly makes sense), he tries looking back in the direction she came, out toward the lake, and then finally back at her.]

Why were you running?

[fortune_sought]

[Sophie sighs, annoyed, and starts pushing her hair out of her face] Because I thought you'd been dropped here for trying to leave.

[pickedapocket.livejournal.com]

You have to swim to leave?

[fortune_sought]

[sourly] No. You can end up swimming if you try to leave, but the lake won't get you anywhere.

[actually, now that he mentions it, she doesn't think anyone's explored the bottom of the lake before--but that's not exactly the sort of question you pose to a child, so she doesn't mention it]

[pickedapocket.livejournal.com]

[He considers that, and nods, taking a moment to splash himself a little more.]

It's a nice lake, though.

[fortune_sought]

[watches him, her protectiveness definitely at the forefront of her mind] You could take a swim if you like, but you need to be dressed properly for it first.