Theea
I nod earnestly at the notion of sightseeing, eyes bright. “You’d think for someone who travels so much, I’d have seen more.” Always staying in the smallest of towns if we weren’t one of the hides they’d made over the years, scattered all across Caido’s most remote places.
I blow at a droplet of water as it hangs off the tip of my nose, and I give Nikki a relieved smile at his graciousness. “We can, sure,” I agree. “Just make sure you let me pay you back. If nothing else, once I’ve earned some wages.”
The carriage driver gets a small wave and a thank you over the drumming rain. I climb into the back and offer Nikki a hand, if he wants it. Otherwise I just find myself somewhere comfortable before it takes off. The road as muddy as it is, the ride is jarring at best. Not that I’m ungrateful—it sure as hell beats walking.
And, I’ve got kind company.
I sit and stare at said company for a moment. My brows pull together in thought, and I don’t look away if he looks. My lips just purse a little. It finally bursts out of me, ”Would it be terribly rude of me to ask what happened to your leg?”
I blow at a droplet of water as it hangs off the tip of my nose, and I give Nikki a relieved smile at his graciousness. “We can, sure,” I agree. “Just make sure you let me pay you back. If nothing else, once I’ve earned some wages.”
The carriage driver gets a small wave and a thank you over the drumming rain. I climb into the back and offer Nikki a hand, if he wants it. Otherwise I just find myself somewhere comfortable before it takes off. The road as muddy as it is, the ride is jarring at best. Not that I’m ungrateful—it sure as hell beats walking.
And, I’ve got kind company.
I sit and stare at said company for a moment. My brows pull together in thought, and I don’t look away if he looks. My lips just purse a little. It finally bursts out of me, ”Would it be terribly rude of me to ask what happened to your leg?”
welcome to the world of pretend
where we pretend we don't feel pain
where we pretend we don't feel pain
