[Ellen hits the floor with another shriek but she's quick to scramble up to at least a sitting position, ready and able to bolt. But to where? Back the other way is where all that horrible laughing is happening and right in front of her is some terrible, chain-rattling--
-- that moment of indecision is enough to get her to stop and think here. Because... ghosts don't say "ow".]
Um....
[The voice that answers back is a little shaky and small because she's still gasping for breath from her run and the rush of adrenaline, but still probably one Athrun can recognize. She gulps, really hoping this isn't the part of the story when she gets eaten alive.]
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-- that moment of indecision is enough to get her to stop and think here. Because... ghosts don't say "ow".]
Um....
[The voice that answers back is a little shaky and small because she's still gasping for breath from her run and the rush of adrenaline, but still probably one Athrun can recognize. She gulps, really hoping this isn't the part of the story when she gets eaten alive.]
Wh-who's... th-there?