[ if she's completely honest, the constant smiling is a little bit weird, but so is this whole encounter so far, really. the swamp doesn't get too many visitors aside from the curious, adventurous tourist every once in a while — and, more than once in a while, an annoying, scaly, ass-fish-boy — so it's not common, it's also not terribly unusual for jo to run into someone who doesn't seem to know or care that they're trespassing.
it's never happened in the middle of the night, though.
josephine pats her hands dry against her pants, rolled messily to her knees to keep from getting wet, which seems rather pointless after this. for a moment, she just looks at him in the dark, her head tilted slightly and her eyes narrowed just the tiniest bit. the mint and the flowers she doesn't really mind or care about, but the snake eggs? that's curious. something to ask about in a minute or two, after she investigates this little light and the soft sound it definitely just made at jon. ]
... He. [ not a question, just acknowledgement as she glances down at the animated lantern, then crouches down a little to get a better look, still standing in the water, still some distance away, but close enough for now. close enough, now that she's paying more attention, to feel the magic. she leans slightly, then lifts one of her hands a little to try and block out the glow from the light for a better look. ] No. No, it's not too bright.
[ and finally, she smiles, faint and fleeting, but somehow, she's charmed by the little golem all of the sudden. there and gone, and then she's looking up at jon, still crouched low. ]
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it's never happened in the middle of the night, though.
josephine pats her hands dry against her pants, rolled messily to her knees to keep from getting wet, which seems rather pointless after this. for a moment, she just looks at him in the dark, her head tilted slightly and her eyes narrowed just the tiniest bit. the mint and the flowers she doesn't really mind or care about, but the snake eggs? that's curious. something to ask about in a minute or two, after she investigates this little light and the soft sound it definitely just made at jon. ]
... He. [ not a question, just acknowledgement as she glances down at the animated lantern, then crouches down a little to get a better look, still standing in the water, still some distance away, but close enough for now. close enough, now that she's paying more attention, to feel the magic. she leans slightly, then lifts one of her hands a little to try and block out the glow from the light for a better look. ] No. No, it's not too bright.
[ and finally, she smiles, faint and fleeting, but somehow, she's charmed by the little golem all of the sudden. there and gone, and then she's looking up at jon, still crouched low. ]
... What do you want with snake eggs?