“But we are all in the same boat,” she points out lightly, before pausing and then laughing. “Literally, in this case!” Gosh she’s hilarious.
Winnie clears her throat, trying to get back on track with where she’d been going with that. “There’s nothing wrong with keeping an eye on each other. I think we’re a lot more frightening in a group rather than individually, and there’s safety in numbers. There has to be a reason we were all separated and locked away. Perhaps they’re frightened of us, in a way.”
She glances out across the boat and to the shore, her eyes cooling. “I dare say they may have every right to be.”
That lingers in the air a moment before she looks at Five again, her smile back in place. “Besides, I quite like you.” Her tone turns teasing as she continues: “And you’d make it so much easier to gain sympathy and free things!” Which is a joke, sure, but also... Not a lie??
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Winnie clears her throat, trying to get back on track with where she’d been going with that. “There’s nothing wrong with keeping an eye on each other. I think we’re a lot more frightening in a group rather than individually, and there’s safety in numbers. There has to be a reason we were all separated and locked away. Perhaps they’re frightened of us, in a way.”
She glances out across the boat and to the shore, her eyes cooling. “I dare say they may have every right to be.”
That lingers in the air a moment before she looks at Five again, her smile back in place. “Besides, I quite like you.” Her tone turns teasing as she continues: “And you’d make it so much easier to gain sympathy and free things!” Which is a joke, sure, but also... Not a lie??