>>5564389-Even the sturdy bitumen beneath your feet is not exempt from the deteriorating effect, tiny cracks and blemishes ripple out across the road’s surface where the gaseous effect is most dense and the road markings grow fainter by the moment-
=Def: “I probably don’t need to say this explicitly, but wading through that would be medically inadvisable.”=
=Sub: “Just watching this magical pixie bullshit go to work is making my bones ache.”
=Def: What now? Just wait around for the road to clear? Shouldn’t we at least try to warn the officers about what they’re dealing with over there?=
=Sha: “Inaction is death. We could try cutting through the buildings around us. Pathfinding through a ratnest of side-alleys and locked doors may prove time-consuming though.”=
=Def: “We could always circle back and approach from a different direction.”=
=Sub: “No. I hate backtracking. It always ends in misfortune.”
=Def: “Come now. Don’t be irrational, it’s the most straight-forward path that doesn’t involve getting lost in an apartment building.”=
=Sub: “No, if we turn back we’ll almost definitely trip directly into a massive melee and at least two of you will end up dying horrifically.”=
=Dep: "Huh?"=
=Def: “… and what exactly are you are basing any of this on?”=
=Sub: “The sharply-homed instincts of an apex homo sapien.”=
=Def: “Right. Of course.”=
=Sha: “I cannot attest to the rest of your babbling but you are undoubtedly an ‘apex homo’”
