Never Say "I Told You So"
Plotbunny! And with original characters, yet. 100 words, a recognized genre. :)
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"Go ahead and say it," said Fox, the Magarosan accent creeping in on her agitation.
"Say what?" Adia asked, too innocently. Her dark eyes were large and liquid in the dimness.
"Say we shouldn't have taken the job."
Her tone sickly-sweet, Adia replied, "But how could I say that? It's not as if the job got us arrested and thrown in prison and chained to the wall in a rat-infested dungeon...is it?"
Fox sighed and shifted her weight, making her chains rattle. "I wish you'd just say it," she muttered.
Adia smiled at her, pointedly. Fox winced.
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"Go ahead and say it," said Fox, the Magarosan accent creeping in on her agitation.
"Say what?" Adia asked, too innocently. Her dark eyes were large and liquid in the dimness.
"Say we shouldn't have taken the job."
Her tone sickly-sweet, Adia replied, "But how could I say that? It's not as if the job got us arrested and thrown in prison and chained to the wall in a rat-infested dungeon...is it?"
Fox sighed and shifted her weight, making her chains rattle. "I wish you'd just say it," she muttered.
Adia smiled at her, pointedly. Fox winced.