[ She shakes her head at the same time as she's moving to sit down. ]
No, that couldn't be it.
[ Even though it definitely sounds like a prank - what sort of person would come in with a story like this and not mean it as a prank, really, especially if they're a teenager on top of it - Ange sounds so serious about all of it. If anything, there's a weird sort of little frown on her face, like the girl is thinking about all of this herself even as she's trying to explain it. ]
If it was just cut down or fell over, there would be traces of that, right? Especially since it was a huge tree. You know, it's the one next to that corner store near the high school. But instead of there being a stump left, or broken up earth, there's.. nothing. Just an empty spot with grass. [ A fact that was just weird enough that even Ange couldn't fall back on the other theories she's had about stuff disappearing around town, like the idea that it was just some dumb people pranking everyone by stealing random stuff. ]
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No, that couldn't be it.
[ Even though it definitely sounds like a prank - what sort of person would come in with a story like this and not mean it as a prank, really, especially if they're a teenager on top of it - Ange sounds so serious about all of it. If anything, there's a weird sort of little frown on her face, like the girl is thinking about all of this herself even as she's trying to explain it. ]
If it was just cut down or fell over, there would be traces of that, right? Especially since it was a huge tree. You know, it's the one next to that corner store near the high school. But instead of there being a stump left, or broken up earth, there's.. nothing. Just an empty spot with grass. [ A fact that was just weird enough that even Ange couldn't fall back on the other theories she's had about stuff disappearing around town, like the idea that it was just some dumb people pranking everyone by stealing random stuff. ]