[Karlach's humming quiets as someone else comes up the road. A human woman, tall and broad and armored. Alone. She doesn't react when she sees Karlach, and Karlach counts this moment among her lucky stars. She's fit to burst like this, tensing up at every stranger. Got to relax.
So she lets an easy, genuine smile bloom across her face, lifts her chin back in greeting, the quick casual understanding of soldier-to-soldier. She doesn't pause in her humming, just lifts a large hand to wiggle her fingertips, where her wrist is resting over the haft of her greataxe. Hello, hello there. Just passing through. Nice day for it.
The woman passes, and Karlach takes a full breath, a sigh of relief. Yes.
And then she hears the curse. And the footsteps.
Ah. Well... fuck. She turns her head to the side, but doesn't quite turn around.]
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So she lets an easy, genuine smile bloom across her face, lifts her chin back in greeting, the quick casual understanding of soldier-to-soldier. She doesn't pause in her humming, just lifts a large hand to wiggle her fingertips, where her wrist is resting over the haft of her greataxe. Hello, hello there. Just passing through. Nice day for it.
The woman passes, and Karlach takes a full breath, a sigh of relief. Yes.
And then she hears the curse. And the footsteps.
Ah. Well... fuck. She turns her head to the side, but doesn't quite turn around.]
All right there, mate?