[ Mouth thinning, Levi unhappily regards the pile of snow left behind at the entrance. It can’t be helped, he knows—short of the unrealistic expectation that visitors remove their boots before coming inside. Cleanup is impossible; materials are currently stretched too thin. Wasting a rag, regardless of how tattered it may be, on filthy floorboards would be beyond foolish. Just another detail of their circumstances that grates. ]
Thanks. [ Gruff, but the edge has been whittled down. This is Erwin, after all. ] I’ll get us a fire going a little after eight. We might not have enough wood to last the night.
[ The tendons in his arm tense, like he’s about to continue hacking away at the furniture, but then the tension slowly eases from his limbs. He’s still holding the lighter, palm soaking up the fast-fading body heat lingering there. ]
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Thanks. [ Gruff, but the edge has been whittled down. This is Erwin, after all. ] I’ll get us a fire going a little after eight. We might not have enough wood to last the night.
[ The tendons in his arm tense, like he’s about to continue hacking away at the furniture, but then the tension slowly eases from his limbs. He’s still holding the lighter, palm soaking up the fast-fading body heat lingering there. ]