Salali made a happy chirrup and leaned into Diarmuid's petting, clearly enjoying it. She crouched on Kit's command, though, and waited in that position until Kit nudged her back up. "Hold on to me," Kit instructed Diarmuid, then nudged Salali's sides with her heels, setting the chocobo trotting forward again, heading for the lake.
Kit sighed, though as Diarmuid voiced some of the same thoughts she'd been having. "I dunno," Kit said. "He said the people here don't treat his very well, and that they didn't, even before things went bad. There were places they weren't allowed to live, and places they weren't supposed to go. They have a right to be mad about all that. And when people get really mad, sometimes that's the only reason they need to do something."
"But he didn't really seem like he'd do something like that," she said. "He seemed nice, just kinda... spooky. Though he said that was Ragnar kids doing that, so I dunno. I'm not sure they could make the air feel like that, though; kinda heavy with magic." She paused slightly, thoughtful. "Or maybe that was the mi-as-ma doing something. It sounds like that's what's causing all the other problems around here." Except the heavy-feeling air didn't make anybody sick, just nervous, so that didn't entirely make sense either.
"I dunno why the scientists won't tell us," Kit said. "But... well, they said us touching makes energy, so they must be using it for something. And if they're trying to keep it a secret, then that probably means they think people'll be really mad if they find out what's really going on."
"I wanna ask Rhea about it," Kit said, "but I don't want to get her in any trouble. Cause if she knows something and tells us, the scientist'd probably be really mad if they found out." Grown-ups didn't like tattle-tales any more than kids did... and had a lot more power to do something about them.
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Kit sighed, though as Diarmuid voiced some of the same thoughts she'd been having. "I dunno," Kit said. "He said the people here don't treat his very well, and that they didn't, even before things went bad. There were places they weren't allowed to live, and places they weren't supposed to go. They have a right to be mad about all that. And when people get really mad, sometimes that's the only reason they need to do something."
"But he didn't really seem like he'd do something like that," she said. "He seemed nice, just kinda... spooky. Though he said that was Ragnar kids doing that, so I dunno. I'm not sure they could make the air feel like that, though; kinda heavy with magic." She paused slightly, thoughtful. "Or maybe that was the mi-as-ma doing something. It sounds like that's what's causing all the other problems around here." Except the heavy-feeling air didn't make anybody sick, just nervous, so that didn't entirely make sense either.
"I dunno why the scientists won't tell us," Kit said. "But... well, they said us touching makes energy, so they must be using it for something. And if they're trying to keep it a secret, then that probably means they think people'll be really mad if they find out what's really going on."
"I wanna ask Rhea about it," Kit said, "but I don't want to get her in any trouble. Cause if she knows something and tells us, the scientist'd probably be really mad if they found out." Grown-ups didn't like tattle-tales any more than kids did... and had a lot more power to do something about them.