At the edge of the swamp, Monday morning

[walter_n_wires]

Walter had his rubbers, he had a backpack with a packed lunch that should manage to feed both himself and Nadia, and he had a book on plants and animals of Louisiana that he'd managed to get his hands on over the weekend

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[side_spook]

And here was Nadia, with a pair of waders she'd managed to locate . . . somewhere, and a bag packed full of a variety of tools and weaponry and an umbrella.

What? Walter came prepared his way, she came prepared hers.

[walter_n_wires]

What? Walter liked a girl who came prepared with her own weapons since he wasn't going to share his.

And an umbrella was never amiss.

"Hey. You look ready."

[side_spook]

"As ready as I'll ever be. I can't decide if this is better or worse than the detentions at Fandom."

[walter_n_wires]

"It has to be better. In the detentions in Fandom we didn't have a chance to be alone together."

Although there had been that one detention run by the crazy hooker that he'd rather liked....