#and this is lowkey hilarious but also poor terra

[galaeus]

This wasn't good. This so wasn't good. Echo tries to come up with a solid plan that will calm down her companion without having a powerful hiccup that'll melt her damn skin off.

"Trust me, there's like a million of those rats in this area. You'll find another -- but they're really dangerous. So, how about we leave them alone, alright?" She holds up Terra's pack, hoping the other girl will take it. "But you're right. We should go. It's okay, alright? Honestly, you did us a favor -- those guys probably would've found us."

Terra wants to cry even more now, and her hands flap as she stays at the doorframe and bounces on her feet, "They are all over the entrance of the town... all over it! There are pieces everywhere! I am so sorry, I tried to hold back..." She had hold back, in fact, or there'd be dead townspeople as well, she wasn't sure of how far her radiations went. God, what if she could melt down a small town like the one they were in? "I think I hurt a molerat..." she finishes, heartbroken.