Or it could have been the rather frazzled and panicked tone to her voice that caught one's attention.
"Can someone help me?" came the plaintive cry. "It's really spooky down here...."
"You sound like you're stuck down there," Ranma called out.
"Yes.... Yes, I am! There's someone up there?!"
"No, you're hearing voices in your head," Rei growled. "Of course someone's up here. Did you think that the bugs had started to throw their voices?"
"Well.... I didn't expect anyone to come here. I mean, I didn't see anyone around when I was up there...."
"But you're now down there because...." the shrine priestess trailed off.
"Because I.... That is, I.... You see.... I tripped."
"What was that?"
"I sort of...."
"Yes?"
The person in the well seemed to lose her patience a bit. "I tripped, okay? I got all turned around and lost up there, and the next thing that I knew, I was bumping into the edge of the well, which made me fall down here."
"You tripped? On a level bit of ground. Are you some sort of klutz or something?"
"I didn't mean to do it!"
"That's what they all say."
"Talking to her like that isn't going to help much, you know," the rune mage reminded his companion.
"Yeah, I know...."
"Good. Now, you could do some stuff to help us help you."
"Like what?" asked the girl in the well.
"I don't know. Like.... You could tell us your name."
There was a moment of profound silence as the two girls recognized that they'd left something rather basic out of their conversation.
"My name is Usagi," the trapped girl admitted in an embarrassed voice.
"Good to meet you, Usagi. Now, we'll just have to get you out of there. Only, how do we manage that trick?"
Rei returned Ranma's questioning look by raising her brows and shrugging at him. Neither of them had exactly been looking to go on a rescue mission of this sort, but it wasn't like they'd not taken it on already. As it was, they'd committed themselves, which meant that they had a job to do. And they considered just how to take care of the task, while discovering that Usagi happened to be:
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