"Oh, just admiring the scenery. It's not a bad place, despite all the..."
I slipped my knife into the wounded hand and gestured vaguely. The injury and the knife went into my pocket.
"But yeah. I actually was grabbing a shaving off this bark when you walked up. Hoping to identify the variety of tree. Seems like they don't all come from the same region, or even the same climate."
Oh, good. Just yammer at him enough that he stops listening. Bravo.
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All the better to execute witches with, my dear.
Sometimes my brain just hates me.
"Oh, just admiring the scenery. It's not a bad place, despite all the..."
I slipped my knife into the wounded hand and gestured vaguely. The injury and the knife went into my pocket.
"But yeah. I actually was grabbing a shaving off this bark when you walked up. Hoping to identify the variety of tree. Seems like they don't all come from the same region, or even the same climate."
Oh, good. Just yammer at him enough that he stops listening. Bravo.
"What about you?"