[ she shouldn't be; it's not meant to imply incompetence, just matter-of-fact. she doesn't know how new the woman is to beacon, but based on their very brief introduction (and what she's just said), she's definitely altruistic enough to want to help someone in distress, which she knows the more malevolent spirits will use to their advantage.
she nods to her and seems about to say something else when another woman approaches them from the shadows, and the struggle with the brightness immediately catches her attention. she doesn't know this woman, either, but the struggle she seems to be having with the town's sudden brightness looks familiar. ]
Yes, we - [ - and then she's cut off by the sudden clarity of what the person crying is saying, their insistence that they didn't do anything. her attention's immediately drawn inside and she narrows her eyes. ]
It may be a trap. [ her eyes fall on elizabeth again as she speaks, then coraline. ] The spirits have done that kind of thing before.
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she nods to her and seems about to say something else when another woman approaches them from the shadows, and the struggle with the brightness immediately catches her attention. she doesn't know this woman, either, but the struggle she seems to be having with the town's sudden brightness looks familiar. ]
Yes, we - [ - and then she's cut off by the sudden clarity of what the person crying is saying, their insistence that they didn't do anything. her attention's immediately drawn inside and she narrows her eyes. ]
It may be a trap. [ her eyes fall on elizabeth again as she speaks, then coraline. ] The spirits have done that kind of thing before.