Sohalia
Under normal circumstances, Sohalia would have been overjoyed to have found someone her age. The only people she'd met since leaving home, it seemed, were older than her. There was nothing wrong with that, of course - after all, age was just a number, and she seemed to get along with her new friends just fine - but it was a bit tiring to always be one step behind her older friends. They just had so much life experience, and she... well, she didn't.
But these weren't normal circumstances. She'd eaten from the blushberry bush, and, true to its name, she was now beet red and impossibly shy.
The stranger came a little closer, and Soh swallowed hard, shifting nervously from one foot to the other. He seemed to know more about the plant than she did, and he reassured her that it would pass soon. How soon? she longed to ask, but her mouth stayed tightly shut, her gaze firmly on the forest floor. Every now and then, her grey eyes would flick up to his face, but whenever their eyes met, she blushed even more and quickly looked anywhere but at him.
Gods, but this was embarrassing! Rather than being intimidated, Soh was touched by his kindness. It would have been all too easy for someone to poke fun at her in this situation, or give her a hard time. She wanted to return to her usual bubbly self, but it was far too late for that now. After a few moments working up her courage, she managed to offer her name in a small, shy voice that was foreign to her ears. "S-Soh."
But these weren't normal circumstances. She'd eaten from the blushberry bush, and, true to its name, she was now beet red and impossibly shy.
The stranger came a little closer, and Soh swallowed hard, shifting nervously from one foot to the other. He seemed to know more about the plant than she did, and he reassured her that it would pass soon. How soon? she longed to ask, but her mouth stayed tightly shut, her gaze firmly on the forest floor. Every now and then, her grey eyes would flick up to his face, but whenever their eyes met, she blushed even more and quickly looked anywhere but at him.
Gods, but this was embarrassing! Rather than being intimidated, Soh was touched by his kindness. It would have been all too easy for someone to poke fun at her in this situation, or give her a hard time. She wanted to return to her usual bubbly self, but it was far too late for that now. After a few moments working up her courage, she managed to offer her name in a small, shy voice that was foreign to her ears. "S-Soh."
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