She might find someone hanging out on one of those rooftops, albeit not a very high one. It's quieter up there, less people to bother with. Deeper shadows the taller buildings cast to hide in. The young man the teen finds if she goes looking won't appear too much older than she is. A few years, roughly, but it's hard to pinpoint.
There's something....not quite right about him. Maybe the way his clothes sit on him. Maybe in how close he watches. Her, and others.
"I'd go around them." Direct confrontation leads to fights that children are very rarely equipped to win. Kinda comes with the territory of being dependent on their parents. It feels like it's been an eternity since Josh has thought about the last argument he had with his own. He almost misses it.
Almost.
"Provided you aren't ssshit at lying." That lisp might just be a tic but it only adds to the eerie nature of the man sitting in the darkest shadow he can find.
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There's something....not quite right about him. Maybe the way his clothes sit on him. Maybe in how close he watches. Her, and others.
"I'd go around them." Direct confrontation leads to fights that children are very rarely equipped to win. Kinda comes with the territory of being dependent on their parents. It feels like it's been an eternity since Josh has thought about the last argument he had with his own. He almost misses it.
Almost.
"Provided you aren't ssshit at lying." That lisp might just be a tic but it only adds to the eerie nature of the man sitting in the darkest shadow he can find.