[ nero says closer and steve can't help the way he frowns, thinking back to his conversation with eddie, to his trip with henry to the families of the missing locals. it leaves a curled, rotted feeling in his gut - but if steve's being honest, the feeling and smell of rot and decay has been pretty present with him since these storms began. he knows it's his own...what had dean called it? repressed trauma or some shit? but being here, knowing what happened here, doesn't really help.
steve's already eaten the bread and apples lorelai handed them at the start of the journey, giving her a small polite smile and a thanks when she has, but it isn't until she's back up at the alter that she speaks again - not to him, or nero, but to some god. this part of things steve is familiar with, has helped out with enough alters and prayers to at least not feel lost. still, he watches, equal parts wary and curious. ]
Yeah, but which god. [ is said kind of in afterthought. as if answering steve, a miniature creature pops out of the bushes. steve doesn't jump, exactly, but he does seem a bit startled by it, eyes going from the creature to nero and then back to the still-rustling tree branches. mere moments later a much larger figure, and steve's eyes widen. ]
Oh. Okay.
[ like that answers that. steve, absentmindedly, reaches down to his belt and fingers the crystal he keeps tied there. when the large paw is outstretched, steve notices the extra candles, but hesitates - glancing to nero first.
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steve's already eaten the bread and apples lorelai handed them at the start of the journey, giving her a small polite smile and a thanks when she has, but it isn't until she's back up at the alter that she speaks again - not to him, or nero, but to some god. this part of things steve is familiar with, has helped out with enough alters and prayers to at least not feel lost. still, he watches, equal parts wary and curious. ]
Yeah, but which god. [ is said kind of in afterthought. as if answering steve, a miniature creature pops out of the bushes. steve doesn't jump, exactly, but he does seem a bit startled by it, eyes going from the creature to nero and then back to the still-rustling tree branches. mere moments later a much larger figure, and steve's eyes widen. ]
Oh. Okay.
[ like that answers that. steve, absentmindedly, reaches down to his belt and fingers the crystal he keeps tied there. when the large paw is outstretched, steve notices the extra candles, but hesitates - glancing to nero first.
he'll take one, but only if nero does. ]