His openness to the suggestion is met with a smile, “Thank you.” She is grateful he had decided earlier to be more prepared than her. She looks back at her sketchbook to see the message from her mother. “My Mum’s on. She says Ben said the big mouse is under the mouth of Moss River.”
Looking back to Russell after she writes a response, she notices the theme of his food. The dried fruit looks particularly good, so she will reach for a package. In return, she turns her sketchbook to move a page closer to him and lays a pen on it so he can access the Network too.
As she starts to open the dried fruit, Nel notices the mice giving another clue. “The big mouse...?” she says as the first runs back. She watches quietly after, initially puzzled until the last two nod, “Not far. Not near. Part...no, half. Halfway.” Half of what. Russell asked the last question of them, “Is the shark half as big as your friend?”
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Looking back to Russell after she writes a response, she notices the theme of his food. The dried fruit looks particularly good, so she will reach for a package. In return, she turns her sketchbook to move a page closer to him and lays a pen on it so he can access the Network too.
As she starts to open the dried fruit, Nel notices the mice giving another clue. “The big mouse...?” she says as the first runs back. She watches quietly after, initially puzzled until the last two nod, “Not far. Not near. Part...no, half. Halfway.” Half of what. Russell asked the last question of them, “Is the shark half as big as your friend?”