// where your body hears the words of the sun //
She took his kindness with a smile of her own, but still, the feeling of guilt and shame remaining, churned against her. Clutching her basket closer to her hip, she nodded at the plenty of work still lingering through – thinking immediately of the Tower, waiting for all of them to have a moment to do more than breathe. The notions of him creating a shrine within Halo sparked her intrigue though. “Oh, that sounds nice.”
His question brought her out of other thoughts cycling along her mind, and she nodded. “At my office. I’ll be right back.” She took the shorter route rather than the one she’d been planning, since after all, she was continuing to tend to her own tasks, but if Noah wanted to persist and continue, she certainly wasn’t going to deny him the necessary tools for the job. Stopping briefly at the workplace in the center of the Celestine, she gathered her materials and brought forth likely more than needed, but upon her return, granted a broom, gloves, and a rake, in case of leaves.
His question brought her out of other thoughts cycling along her mind, and she nodded. “At my office. I’ll be right back.” She took the shorter route rather than the one she’d been planning, since after all, she was continuing to tend to her own tasks, but if Noah wanted to persist and continue, she certainly wasn’t going to deny him the necessary tools for the job. Stopping briefly at the workplace in the center of the Celestine, she gathered her materials and brought forth likely more than needed, but upon her return, granted a broom, gloves, and a rake, in case of leaves.
Lena
// spoken in the voices of trees //
