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Eh, it all sucks. Don't even got any good shoes. Now let's go! Onto science and blowing shit up.

The two go together better than I would've thought.

[A nod, and she'll head out the door. Time to make trouble.]

Want the honor of first try?

[That's all Aloy needs to hear. She cranks the top off a beer bottle, then holds out a hand.]

Rag?

[ she's got a strip of shirt slapping into her hand almost immediately ]

Check!

Let's see...should just put it in, right?

[Mumbling and cramming the rag into the bottle. Yeah, that should do it.]

[ busying herself with gathering some rocks ]

Usually, you'll want to throw a rock ahead of time to get all the infected to gather in one place, or draw a hunter closer. Don't light it until you're sure you're ready to throw.

[Seeing this, and not mentioning the 15 rocks in her pockets.]

Like directing a machine's attention. Makes sense.

[ she's trotting back over, two rocks ready to try and spark up the molotov ]

Ready?

Ready. I'll toss it over there.

[Indicating where she's decided it's okay to toss a test bottle, before she holds it out for Ellie.]

[ 3, 2, 1, fiiiiire ]

Throw, throw, throw!

[Hauling back, and...hup! Smash! FWOOSH.

Fuck that bit of grass in particular.

Aloy gives an impressed whistle.]

[ she gives an excited whoop, jumping around ]

Fuck yeah! That's how you do a molotav!

Pretty good. Where did you learn that, again?

This guy I run with, Joel. He was an adult when Outbreak Day hit, so he had to figure out how to do stuff to survive when it went to shit.

[Oh. She's watching the flames, quiet for a moment.]

I learned from an outcast hunter. Rost.

He taught you the bow?

The bow, the spear. He taught me how to survive. To - protect.

[Even if she made a different choice in what to protect.]

Was he your dad?

[ she's prepping another molotov ]

Uh - I don't really know where people keep getting that.

[Maybe because he basically was.]

Teaching is a dad thing, I think. Or that's what people say.

[ #orphanlife ]

...Do people think Joel is yours?

Sometimes, yeah. Though you wouldn't really find someone my age traveling alone unless something went seriously wrong, so it makes more sense.

[Aloy manages to look only a LITTLE bitter for a moment. Of course, why would a girl that age be alone.

Then she moves to help prep more bottles.]

People make a lot of assumptions.

Hey, not-dad's are still cool. He must'a been badass if he taught you everything.

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