[ Ned spots Samandriel standing at a little distance from the rest of the people, and he isn't sure if it's just shyness that's keeping him away, or maybe fear. He remembers when the kid had first shown up: he looked like he'd been through hell. That kind of thing can leave you pretty jumpy, which is why he approaches slowly, and makes sure that Samandriel sees him coming. The last thing he wants is to startle the guy ]
I say if it's still out in an hour or so we eat all the ice cream before it melts.
[ He smiles, even though it's a feeble attempt at a joke: there is no ice cream to be eaten. All the same, the food that people have been storing is going to start going bad soon, and that is a real concern. They can't really afford to waste any of it, at this stage. So he's just... attempting to convert his very real anxieties into humor, and not succeeding ]
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I say if it's still out in an hour or so we eat all the ice cream before it melts.
[ He smiles, even though it's a feeble attempt at a joke: there is no ice cream to be eaten. All the same, the food that people have been storing is going to start going bad soon, and that is a real concern. They can't really afford to waste any of it, at this stage. So he's just... attempting to convert his very real anxieties into humor, and not succeeding ]