[ The blonde has the good fortune of being too concerned about getting fully out of this situation to imagine the what-ifs. They'll come soon enough, as they always do, but for now she directs the full brunt of her attention toward recovering her ability to stand from the soil.
Only it seems that in the end that isn't necessary. Naminé stiffens slightly, not expecting to be lifted up, but it only takes a brief couple of seconds for her to accept it, one hand finding Terezi's shoulder a little clumsily to try to keep them both steady. Naminé is a terribly light girl, perhaps even more so than she looks. ]
Okay, [ she agrees before she's so much as thought about it, because even having her feet touch the ground right now makes her nervous in an instinctive kind of way. Except after that her brain catches up with her, and she adds a belated, ] … But I can walk, [ or so she assumes, ] if I'm too heavy...!
[ Although honestly she sounds hesitant to even offer as much as that. She's still shaking like a leaf - perhaps more obviously while she's being held - and her fingers unconsciously curl into the material of Terezi's clothing. ]
I-- [ It feels like she or ought to be hurt - or rather it feels like a surprise that she isn't. She's not in any pain, but the experience seems like one that should have resulted in some sort of injury. It only occurs to her right then how odd it is that she's physically fine. ] I think - I think so.
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Only it seems that in the end that isn't necessary. Naminé stiffens slightly, not expecting to be lifted up, but it only takes a brief couple of seconds for her to accept it, one hand finding Terezi's shoulder a little clumsily to try to keep them both steady. Naminé is a terribly light girl, perhaps even more so than she looks. ]
Okay, [ she agrees before she's so much as thought about it, because even having her feet touch the ground right now makes her nervous in an instinctive kind of way. Except after that her brain catches up with her, and she adds a belated, ] … But I can walk, [ or so she assumes, ] if I'm too heavy...!
[ Although honestly she sounds hesitant to even offer as much as that. She's still shaking like a leaf - perhaps more obviously while she's being held - and her fingers unconsciously curl into the material of Terezi's clothing. ]
I-- [ It feels like she or ought to be hurt - or rather it feels like a surprise that she isn't. She's not in any pain, but the experience seems like one that should have resulted in some sort of injury. It only occurs to her right then how odd it is that she's physically fine. ] I think - I think so.
[ That she's okay, that is. ]