[ and suddenly that terribly serious veneer cracks and she grins at him, a bit loose and loopy and not at all like that tightly-controlled smirk she usually gives. ]
Just one more. It's helping, I think.
[ helping her lose her balance, perhaps; she's a little unsteady on her feet, and she seems unusually giddy given the circumstances, especially when she takes another glass of the drink, tipping it back and down her throat with more ease than she's done the first one.
either her taste buds have become numbed, or this rampant feeling of bliss has rendered the disgusting drink palatable. ]
See? Not too —
[ and then her legs are buckling underneath her — not suddenly, but in slow motion — and she sinks down onto a nearby soft bale of hay, laughing. ]
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[ and suddenly that terribly serious veneer cracks and she grins at him, a bit loose and loopy and not at all like that tightly-controlled smirk she usually gives. ]
Just one more. It's helping, I think.
[ helping her lose her balance, perhaps; she's a little unsteady on her feet, and she seems unusually giddy given the circumstances, especially when she takes another glass of the drink, tipping it back and down her throat with more ease than she's done the first one.
either her taste buds have become numbed, or this rampant feeling of bliss has rendered the disgusting drink palatable. ]
See? Not too —
[ and then her legs are buckling underneath her — not suddenly, but in slow motion — and she sinks down onto a nearby soft bale of hay, laughing. ]