[she eyes the kid as he gets in, making a note of how much scrawnier he looks in person, how much more scraped-up and breakable, with those bandages all over him. whether or not he'd been outright lying to her about the doctor, at least somebody's wrapped him up properly and the linen looks reasonably clean.]
Seatbelt.
[he'll see why in a minute. she pulls out easy, the front tire bumping down gently onto the asphalt, but as soon as she's got a clear stretch of road -- she flies.
it's not like she's seen any speed limit signs around the place, and carol is not gonna let a car like this go to waste. anyhow it's perfectly safe, just fast enough to be exhilarating; she knows what the hell she's doing behind a wheel.
she grins big as spikes of her hair whip up at her face.]
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Seatbelt.
[he'll see why in a minute. she pulls out easy, the front tire bumping down gently onto the asphalt, but as soon as she's got a clear stretch of road -- she flies.
it's not like she's seen any speed limit signs around the place, and carol is not gonna let a car like this go to waste. anyhow it's perfectly safe, just fast enough to be exhilarating; she knows what the hell she's doing behind a wheel.
she grins big as spikes of her hair whip up at her face.]
Still cool?