[ Keeping her attention on the filling barrel, not wanting to add to their problems with a flood Lily chuckled at the compliment, waiting until her task was complete and she could end the charm's effect to look back at Eleven. ]
That's very kind of you to notice. I've always thought so.
[ It was, likely, no time for a joke, but in fraught and dire circumstances like these, something had to break the tension a little. Better laughter than the undead.
Pocketing her wand and untucking her shirt she pulled the little zippered pouch out of her jeans and opened it, reaching her entire arm inside. After feeling around for her larger bag she groped through it for the leaves she'd been using for tea. Undoubtedly she presented an odd image standing there, her arm to the shoulder inside a pouch that shouldn't be able to fit more than a hairbrush and a few essentials. With a quietly triumphant 'aha' Lily pulled her arm out of the bag and closed it, prudently sticking it back in the waist of her pants before taking her wand out to make him a cup of tea, which she held out for him with a weary smile. ]
Rest. Please? I'll be coming back here to beg you to let me do the same if this drags on.
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That's very kind of you to notice. I've always thought so.
[ It was, likely, no time for a joke, but in fraught and dire circumstances like these, something had to break the tension a little. Better laughter than the undead.
Pocketing her wand and untucking her shirt she pulled the little zippered pouch out of her jeans and opened it, reaching her entire arm inside. After feeling around for her larger bag she groped through it for the leaves she'd been using for tea. Undoubtedly she presented an odd image standing there, her arm to the shoulder inside a pouch that shouldn't be able to fit more than a hairbrush and a few essentials. With a quietly triumphant 'aha' Lily pulled her arm out of the bag and closed it, prudently sticking it back in the waist of her pants before taking her wand out to make him a cup of tea, which she held out for him with a weary smile. ]
Rest. Please? I'll be coming back here to beg you to let me do the same if this drags on.