[The whole exercise is a tad too Jenga-esque for her tastes, though she does manage to retrieve the green file and set it onto the table again, without the others on top of it falling off. There we go.]
Nope, I'm not leaving. [Plaintive. Matter-of-fact.
The line might have worked on her the first few times. And really, she understands it's not her place to decide Mari's schedule for her, concern notwithstanding, so she hasn't objected to going back on her own. Not until today.] At this rate, you'll be snowed in. Or you could miss the last ferry.
[Files stored away, she gets on arranging the other papers and stationery. A clean workspace leads to better work practices, see. Why else would she keep at such a nigh-Sisyphean task all the while.]
no subject
Nope, I'm not leaving. [Plaintive. Matter-of-fact.
The line might have worked on her the first few times. And really, she understands it's not her place to decide Mari's schedule for her, concern notwithstanding, so she hasn't objected to going back on her own. Not until today.] At this rate, you'll be snowed in. Or you could miss the last ferry.
[Files stored away, she gets on arranging the other papers and stationery. A clean workspace leads to better work practices, see. Why else would she keep at such a nigh-Sisyphean task all the while.]