Up the hill, across the crest, and there Maea was finally able to take out her strides again. Her legs went like drum-rolls across the wind-packed snow, and Thalassa's words had barely hit the wind before Maea had caught up with her.
"Watch me!" she quipped with a toothy grin. Heedless of the steep slope she threw herself down the other side, running and skidding and sliding so that a sheet of snow was set sliding beneath their feet. It wasn't exactly an avalanche in scale, but in essence it came close. A whooping cheer of pure excitement tore from the short ancient's voice, and the moment she hit the bottom of the hill she leaned into the wind, let go of her skirts and shot off like a blink-hare across the snow-swept meadow.
"Last to reach the sea pays for drinks!" she called, challenging Thal to try and overtake her.
"Watch me!" she quipped with a toothy grin. Heedless of the steep slope she threw herself down the other side, running and skidding and sliding so that a sheet of snow was set sliding beneath their feet. It wasn't exactly an avalanche in scale, but in essence it came close. A whooping cheer of pure excitement tore from the short ancient's voice, and the moment she hit the bottom of the hill she leaned into the wind, let go of her skirts and shot off like a blink-hare across the snow-swept meadow.
"Last to reach the sea pays for drinks!" she called, challenging Thal to try and overtake her.
Maea
Just a glimpse of truth
