[Kesara, for her part, is doing her very best to keep her spirits up, though it's been getting harder with the long days in the darkness of the tunnels, and the pain in her arm. But such is the explorer's lot and she will never be heard to complain.]
Did you really find an axe-head? We could use that, sure enough! We've been going very deep - the tunnels just go on and on - we might still not be through them by the time you finally get here. [That "finally" is small, more teasing than anything else. She's made her peace with the delays, it wouldn't be different in any other expedition.
Her voice is a little more subdued when she speaks up next, though.] Is it just Duster who's coming...?
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[Kesara, for her part, is doing her very best to keep her spirits up, though it's been getting harder with the long days in the darkness of the tunnels, and the pain in her arm. But such is the explorer's lot and she will never be heard to complain.]
Did you really find an axe-head? We could use that, sure enough! We've been going very deep - the tunnels just go on and on - we might still not be through them by the time you finally get here. [That "finally" is small, more teasing than anything else. She's made her peace with the delays, it wouldn't be different in any other expedition.
Her voice is a little more subdued when she speaks up next, though.] Is it just Duster who's coming...?