[there's nothing more that really needs saying in the face of this kind of speed and freedom, so carol doesn't say it. just drives, and every now and then she'll look at badou, or close her eyes and smile -- not for more than a second, she's not about to get them killed, but she'll let them flicker closed and just breathe.
she's felt so stifled up til now, suffocated by the enormity of what's happened to her. but this has always been the thing that makes all that go to pieces and blow away in the wind.
speaking of the wind, her cheeks are flushed pink from it when she finally slows down, where the road tapers out into a ridge of bright green grass and trees with the ocean visible beyond. they roll up onto the grassy shoulder and she kills the engine, leaning back into her seat with a whump.]
Make sure you've got everything, kiddo.
[she grins at him and gets out, leaning into the back seat to retrieve the sports bag from where it's haphazardly fallen.]
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she's felt so stifled up til now, suffocated by the enormity of what's happened to her. but this has always been the thing that makes all that go to pieces and blow away in the wind.
speaking of the wind, her cheeks are flushed pink from it when she finally slows down, where the road tapers out into a ridge of bright green grass and trees with the ocean visible beyond. they roll up onto the grassy shoulder and she kills the engine, leaning back into her seat with a whump.]
Make sure you've got everything, kiddo.
[she grins at him and gets out, leaning into the back seat to retrieve the sports bag from where it's haphazardly fallen.]