[ oh, cool. saddled with an unconscious barrayan native, a girl he's pretty sure rani would rather not see injured or dead upon her return, and a man he also recognizes as one of the original outsiders but ultimately knows little about. exactly the kind of night he was gunning for.
judging by the way beth shifts closer to byerly, she seems to know him. maine turns his attention back to the mouth of the cave as beth and byerly murmur among themselves, and stares fixedly into the looming dark. the sound of footsteps is gone, replaced with the faint crackling-pop of a torch lit near the cave's entrance and maine's steady breathing, beth's whisper-soft voice behind him. whoever's in the cave has moved deeper inside.
his eyes return to beth and byerly. beth was kind enough to come armed, but byerly's hands are unfortunately empty, and so maine draws the sword at his belt and steps forward to wordlessly shove the blade's hilt against his chest.
he doesn't give him time to protest, turning again to step over the unconscious guard's body and start for the cave. ]
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judging by the way beth shifts closer to byerly, she seems to know him. maine turns his attention back to the mouth of the cave as beth and byerly murmur among themselves, and stares fixedly into the looming dark. the sound of footsteps is gone, replaced with the faint crackling-pop of a torch lit near the cave's entrance and maine's steady breathing, beth's whisper-soft voice behind him. whoever's in the cave has moved deeper inside.
his eyes return to beth and byerly. beth was kind enough to come armed, but byerly's hands are unfortunately empty, and so maine draws the sword at his belt and steps forward to wordlessly shove the blade's hilt against his chest.
he doesn't give him time to protest, turning again to step over the unconscious guard's body and start for the cave. ]