「 " you ever think the moon could fall?" woe, junko be upon ye 」 @despairdiva
It startles him, her words ― HER PRESENCE. He hadn’t expected her to say anything to him, not out loud.
Perhaps STARTLE would be an ill-fitting term. perturb. Stupefy. What an impassioned, heartfelt thing to ask.
But Mello humors her, at the very least, this girl beside him & her voluminous pig tails. He takes a minute to ponder her question, opting to take her inquiry with as much seriousness as it had been asked with.
He even takes as much time to mull over his response as it take for the small piece of chocolate in his mouth to melt on top of his tongue. She’d caught him between bites.
“ Yeah. I guess if it falls out of orbit. It’d kill us almost immediately, though, if that were to happen. Come hurdling straight to earth & take us all out ... So lets hope it stays where its at, at least for now. But, if this shitshow we call life gets any worse, you & I can get together & see if we can make it happen. ” He winks at her, smirking. “ Deal ? ”