"Fifteen, twenty minutes. Thought I'd put the last one down when one more leaped at me from a tree."
He had finished it off and come back in afterward, once he'd confirmed his surroundings were finally quiet. Hopefully that gives them all some safe downtime. Before he completely leans back and closes his eyes, though, he shuffles the strap of his bag around his shoulders, bringing the dozing Mary to his chest, then folds an arm around her. Maybe he's completely paranoid, keeping her on him rather than leaving her here, but so be it. She hasn't received a single scratch and he's determined to keep it that way.
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He had finished it off and come back in afterward, once he'd confirmed his surroundings were finally quiet. Hopefully that gives them all some safe downtime. Before he completely leans back and closes his eyes, though, he shuffles the strap of his bag around his shoulders, bringing the dozing Mary to his chest, then folds an arm around her. Maybe he's completely paranoid, keeping her on him rather than leaving her here, but so be it. She hasn't received a single scratch and he's determined to keep it that way.