[ oh crap. this particular post had had the stink of ominous event warning all over it, but-- well. seems like claudia had it way wrong... ]

Uh, hi? We ... should chat. Or, I should probably do most of the talking? I think I just blew up your whole spot sort of by accident and I'm sorry. Cause-- yikes.

[ and she winces, preparing for these crows to roost. ]