Samuel
I pray to blades of grass
To find forgiveness in the weeds
To find forgiveness in the weeds
When he spotted Wessex Sam felt a little shot of dread in his chest. But she stood and instead of immediately demanding the book, which he had tightly clasped in his hands and ready to give out, she asked how his task had gone.
Surprise clear on his face, he took a moment to answer. "Oh, um...as well as it could have gone, I suppose. No one saw me. It was late and I was invisible. I got you one of the books from the Undercroft, but..." He held it out in his hands and looked at it. Now that he was in front of Wessex, it suddenly seemed like it was definitely going to be rubbish. "I have no idea what it is."
He held out the book towards her, but...she had asked him how he had been. Trying to be polite, he asked: "..Um..how have you been? With um...everything..?"