[And then she's giggling again, because either she doesn't notice his discomfort or she just doesn't care. She's smiling, too - maybe in the past, before this terrible game and before getting spirited away to the village, it would have been a soft smile; but there's something sharp and unpleasant about it now.]
Norway... Norway... [She repeats the name and then hums, thinking.] Oh! I ran into him...
[you know
"ran into"
just like she ran into Holden and Beat and Silver and Yona and Craig...
But, wow. Even if she's just trying to reassure him that his partner is nearby and it's all fine (their extended promise hasn't yet come to an end, in her mind), that really did come out horribly. Maybe she shouldn't be giggling and smiling like a serial killer when she says something like that.]
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[And then she's giggling again, because either she doesn't notice his discomfort or she just doesn't care. She's smiling, too - maybe in the past, before this terrible game and before getting spirited away to the village, it would have been a soft smile; but there's something sharp and unpleasant about it now.]
Norway... Norway... [She repeats the name and then hums, thinking.] Oh! I ran into him...
[you know
"ran into"
just like she ran into Holden and Beat and Silver and Yona and Craig...
But, wow. Even if she's just trying to reassure him that his partner is nearby and it's all fine (their extended promise hasn't yet come to an end, in her mind), that really did come out horribly. Maybe she shouldn't be giggling and smiling like a serial killer when she says something like that.]