Lena
And therein, Lena’s nerves seared. An inherent reflex, to suddenly sink in that growing awareness that she was in the presence of someone who may very wield a threat, with the embedded infected nuance flashing across idle statements.
With all the confidence in the world – seemingly, and she glanced back, tone light, as if she wasn’t suspicious. “How do you know that?” Because the viper seemed to be slinking his way, unbothered?
And then, all of that might not have mattered at all. Mittens, bound into sudden heroics, screeched and rushed forward to clamp down the viper, dragging it out of the hedge not unlike a dog, and shaking it zealously, until the snowball could toss it – a distance spiraling outward, only a silhouette of a snake seen briefly in the sky.
With all the confidence in the world – seemingly, and she glanced back, tone light, as if she wasn’t suspicious. “How do you know that?” Because the viper seemed to be slinking his way, unbothered?
And then, all of that might not have mattered at all. Mittens, bound into sudden heroics, screeched and rushed forward to clamp down the viper, dragging it out of the hedge not unlike a dog, and shaking it zealously, until the snowball could toss it – a distance spiraling outward, only a silhouette of a snake seen briefly in the sky.
sunlight on mist; summer lightning
your choices outweigh your substance
your choices outweigh your substance
