[Both tempting offers, both hard to come by. From any random person, Aubrey might’ve taken it then and there. Her head tilts, considering—but her eyes narrow. There’s more to this evaluation.
[Why make an offer for a glove? Aubrey trusts her sources, doesn’t take the rumors of those so-called Phantoms lightly. Might’ve preferred not to cross paths at all, actually. But someone had other ideas, and that someone thought to snag a glove straight out of some high-end heist movie.
[It sticks out, between the rusted bars of what might’ve been a holding cell. It sticks out, like a faded headband-bow over a patchwork letterman and a nail bat. And it sticks out like a couple of young people in the detritus of a facility that, in another timeline where things went differently, might’ve contained them.
[But those walls crumbled long ago. The young man, himself, doesn’t stand out to Aubrey. She wonders why he showed up at all.
[So she takes a step to the side, trying to put the nail bat in his line of sight. Eyes back on her, please.]
borrows lore from your toplevel (lmk if you want changes! +ok with any/all observations)
[Both tempting offers, both hard to come by. From any random person, Aubrey might’ve taken it then and there. Her head tilts, considering—but her eyes narrow. There’s more to this evaluation.
[Why make an offer for a glove? Aubrey trusts her sources, doesn’t take the rumors of those so-called Phantoms lightly. Might’ve preferred not to cross paths at all, actually. But someone had other ideas, and that someone thought to snag a glove straight out of some high-end heist movie.
[It sticks out, between the rusted bars of what might’ve been a holding cell. It sticks out, like a faded headband-bow over a patchwork letterman and a nail bat. And it sticks out like a couple of young people in the detritus of a facility that, in another timeline where things went differently, might’ve contained them.
[But those walls crumbled long ago. The young man, himself, doesn’t stand out to Aubrey. She wonders why he showed up at all.
[So she takes a step to the side, trying to put the nail bat in his line of sight. Eyes back on her, please.]
Define “something else.”