[She looks from person to person, grinning and laughing as everyone gives their ridiculous ideas for making the driverless wagon look extra haunted.]
Wait!
[She calls out over them all, waving her hands to get their attention.]
It's really only the white men we need to worry about, right?
[Which is debatable, because a lot of white women are just as terrible as the men are. Especially in this time period. But she's got an idea brewing, and she wants to contribute to the conversation.]
There's nothing that freaks them out more than women being loud. If people can see me, why can't we make them think that I'm some kind of vengeful spirit or something? I could start the distraction and Johnnie can trigger the fire, and then while I'm busy wailing and being dramatic, Johnnie can start getting the people out to the wagon!
[That plan leaves her alone and in range for immediate danger, and she second guesses herself the second the words are out of her mouth.]
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Wait!
[She calls out over them all, waving her hands to get their attention.]
It's really only the white men we need to worry about, right?
[Which is debatable, because a lot of white women are just as terrible as the men are. Especially in this time period. But she's got an idea brewing, and she wants to contribute to the conversation.]
There's nothing that freaks them out more than women being loud. If people can see me, why can't we make them think that I'm some kind of vengeful spirit or something? I could start the distraction and Johnnie can trigger the fire, and then while I'm busy wailing and being dramatic, Johnnie can start getting the people out to the wagon!
[That plan leaves her alone and in range for immediate danger, and she second guesses herself the second the words are out of her mouth.]