[The sound of a monkey's cries cut through the forest's calm that evening. Should Dorothy approach, she'll come across the scene of Rufus' grabbing the monkey by the scruff of its neck as it attempts to flee up a tree with his PHS. Not today, monkey.]
... So really all she can hear is a whole lot of screeching chaos and she kind of freezes in place, one crutch extended sort of defensively like she's ready to smack a bitch if necessary. ]
[Dorothy's crutch prods Rufus' back, causing Rufus to take a small step forward. The monkey screams and, dropping the PHS, jumps onto her extended crutch for escape.]
[ There's suddenly increased weight on her crutch and Dorothy, bewildered but at least understanding that it is probably A Monkey from the sounds, balances awkwardly on her good leg as she tries to give it a light shake.
[Rufus picks up the PHS from the ground, pockets it, and strides up to pluck the obnoxious monkey off of the crutch. The monkey cries and thrashes in his grasp.]
[The monkey isn't deterred by his expressions. It has, however, given up on thrashing about in the air to look miserably between Dorothy and Rufus, who ignores it.]
. . . Their reaching out does not obligate me to reach back.
[He stares. Even as the monkey swings onto his arm and scampers up to his shoulder to whine at him, he hardly notices. Dorothy just says these things.]
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Week 3: Saturday
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... So really all she can hear is a whole lot of screeching chaos and she kind of freezes in place, one crutch extended sort of defensively like she's ready to smack a bitch if necessary. ]
Hello?
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Off?? ]
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That isn't for jumping.
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Hello, Rufus.
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The monkey is an inconvenience.
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[ A very vocal friend. ]
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[ Love your friend. ]
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[ She can't even try to sound admonishing... she just sounds amused. ]
You can't tell me that you haven't made at least one friend by now.
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... If that glare of yours doesn't give them pause, of course.
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. . . Their reaching out does not obligate me to reach back.
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[ She knows.
Also sorry, monkey, she can't see you and thus can't support you. ]
But I'll do it anyway.
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Rufus, are you there, she's just slowly tilting her head. ]
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Please don't do anything unnecessary.
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I promise not to offer myself as a sacrifice to keep you from being convicted for killing.
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[He recalls her hesitation when they discussed motives the other day.]
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[ Her expression slips into one a little more sober, but also more resolute. ]
I have.
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