Re: Chapter 4 - The Past & The Pending
In reply to Cauldershore (msg # 82):
Nevada nods along with his description, idly keeping her hands busy with the rinsing and scrubbing of clothes in the soapy water as she ponders his examples. Once again, the observant barkeep seems to be resonating well with her thoughts, although she couldn't say if all of those examples were indeed true, the spirit of it seemed rather clear. "I have heard it said, by wiser people than me, that idleness is a disease. When I was younger, I did not understand that. I was kept too busy to ponder it much." She explained, offering a brief bit of a cheeky smirk that she didn't bother to raise her head for, ever intent on keeping her hands working.
Her momentary light-heartedness is mildly disrupted by the echos of a rather angry voice, escaping from the inner factory. It was impossible to hear the details of the debate, other than it was a woman and a man having the exchange, but it served as a reminder that gruff cowboy was hardly the only possessing frustrations to the point of hostility. In an earlier time, she might had rushed to check it out, but of late, such arguments were so common that it was harder to justify responding to it than to just ignore them and carry on. Indeed, that's what the petite teen did, save a hearty sigh. "...I think I get it now." She added, her voice somewhat ominous, before she sighed, and redoubled her efforts. However, a moment later, her dark eyes did peek towards the Brit, offering a small smile, her lips just slightly tinged on the hopeful. "...Well, it has been a harsh winter. Maybe the Spring will provide more clarity. It is the season for renewal, after all."
Cauldershore's shift of subject gave Nevada a moment's pause, but she seemed to have no trouble in going along with it. "Back then, in the early days, it wasn't unusual to find people traveling along the highways. Not all of them were looters and raiders either." She replied, lifting herself off her knees after feeding the tub full of as much clothes as it would reasonably soak, and took some of the piece they had laid around the tub hang. They didn't have many clothes pins, so they she took her time to made sure they would drape on the line in a way that they wouldn't fall off so easily, even getting on the tips of her sneakers to do so with her short frame, but she managed. "I can't speak for every area, of course, but there was a lot of good, decent folk in Mid-West. It is not all Vegas and Reno. I am from a much smaller town myself." She said, with a bit of a playful smirk, as she continued on. "I have been offered a ride more than a few times. It was enough to get me to where my home was, at least. Just off helpful souls, good will, and a healthy dose of luck, I guess."
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