[Devero's helpful feet carry him in Madoka's direction before he even realizes what he's being beckoned over for. He freezes when he does, his eyes going wide as he takes in the line of attentive children; he's a veritable huge-ass elk deer in the headlights.]
Um-- I--
[But all the kids have turned expectantly to look at him, and he's just so weak to children. You already know all about that, don't you, Madoka?
One of the kids leans forward and says, "Mister, you're the biggest man I ever seen!", and somehow that comment grinds his brain into gear. He points at the speaker.] Hey kid, do me a favor and go pick out what you think the heaviest thing in this square is.
[The 'square' isn't more than a little quadrangle of open space where some haphazrd streets intersect, but like the rest of the city there's a fair bit of rubble. Plenty of fallen stones and broken timbers for the child to pick from.]
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huge-ass elkdeer in the headlights.]Um-- I--
[But all the kids have turned expectantly to look at him, and he's just so weak to children. You already know all about that, don't you, Madoka?
One of the kids leans forward and says, "Mister, you're the biggest man I ever seen!", and somehow that comment grinds his brain into gear. He points at the speaker.] Hey kid, do me a favor and go pick out what you think the heaviest thing in this square is.
[The 'square' isn't more than a little quadrangle of open space where some haphazrd streets intersect, but like the rest of the city there's a fair bit of rubble. Plenty of fallen stones and broken timbers for the child to pick from.]