Sohalia
Mateo produced a handkerchief and reached for Soh's forehead. She instinctively flinched away before realizing that she must have gotten dirt on her face; she offered an apologetic smile and held still for Mateo to clean it off. "Thank you," she said softly, reaching out to squeeze his arm gratefully.
With the boys on their way to handle the posts, Soh returned to her digging. She kept an eye on the proceedings, but she still managed to complete her own task quickly, after which she put aside her shovel to observe the rest of the team's progress.
Lena, too, had completed her hole, assisted by Pip. Soh waved her friend over to the shade, where she held up a water bottle for the other woman. "Water?" she offered in a tone that made it clear she wasn't really asking, and waited for Lena to shift before handing the bottle over. Once she was sure her friend had taken a break, she gestured to the pile of supplies beside her. "I think we'll leave the posts to them," she told Lena with a wink. To be honest, she wasn't sure that she could lift one of the heavy beams, much less keep it steady in the ground. "But there are some lanterns over here that we can put together." Sure enough, there was a little pile of metal pieces that were meant to be lanterns. The tools they'd need to put them together sat off to the side.
Leaving Lena for a moment (and feeling more frazzled by the minute, what with how she was having to split her time between helping and supervising), she returned to Mateo and Koa. "It's straight!" she said, beaming at the handsome young man. She turned to Mateo. "Let me know if you guys need any help, all right?"
Soh returned to Lena and sat next to the lantern pieces to begin constructing her own lantern.
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Soh and Lena have completed their holes, and it's time to put some lanterns together! Mateo and Koa need to continue planting light posts. No post order!
Soh begins putting lanterns together!
With the boys on their way to handle the posts, Soh returned to her digging. She kept an eye on the proceedings, but she still managed to complete her own task quickly, after which she put aside her shovel to observe the rest of the team's progress.
Lena, too, had completed her hole, assisted by Pip. Soh waved her friend over to the shade, where she held up a water bottle for the other woman. "Water?" she offered in a tone that made it clear she wasn't really asking, and waited for Lena to shift before handing the bottle over. Once she was sure her friend had taken a break, she gestured to the pile of supplies beside her. "I think we'll leave the posts to them," she told Lena with a wink. To be honest, she wasn't sure that she could lift one of the heavy beams, much less keep it steady in the ground. "But there are some lanterns over here that we can put together." Sure enough, there was a little pile of metal pieces that were meant to be lanterns. The tools they'd need to put them together sat off to the side.
Leaving Lena for a moment (and feeling more frazzled by the minute, what with how she was having to split her time between helping and supervising), she returned to Mateo and Koa. "It's straight!" she said, beaming at the handsome young man. She turned to Mateo. "Let me know if you guys need any help, all right?"
Soh returned to Lena and sat next to the lantern pieces to begin constructing her own lantern.
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Soh and Lena have completed their holes, and it's time to put some lanterns together! Mateo and Koa need to continue planting light posts. No post order!
Soh begins putting lanterns together!
