[The sound of the paper burning made her grimace, grip growing tighter still on her knife. But-... but it was gone. And when Evangeline spoke, she let out the breath she didn't know she'd been holding onto.
And all the while, her crayon-scribble-like shadow shifted erratically across the library floor.]
Good. It's really gone?
[Peeking out- slowly approaching- and crouching down to poke at the ashes with the knife.
And a little tension eased out of her shoulders.]
...I think so. It needed to go. Before anyone else found it. I had to make sure I got rid of it, I couldn't leave it here.
[Speaking just a little too quickly. Rambling as she often did when something had unnerved her.]
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And all the while, her crayon-scribble-like shadow shifted erratically across the library floor.]
Good. It's really gone?
[Peeking out- slowly approaching- and crouching down to poke at the ashes with the knife.
And a little tension eased out of her shoulders.]
...I think so. It needed to go. Before anyone else found it. I had to make sure I got rid of it, I couldn't leave it here.
[Speaking just a little too quickly. Rambling as she often did when something had unnerved her.]