knew what she was doing when she invited the wild in
The kittens were a safer topic, additions to the menagerie of the household. They’d be excellent mousers, capable of keeping themselves entertained in between the large confines of the house. Melita wouldn’t know the significance of their names, but hummed and scratched under the chin of the one in her hands all the same, until other distractions sufficed, and it was permitted to join its brethren in the ‘grab the pumpkin vine’ game. “Where did you get them?”
Then there were other nuances and notions, things they tread around, circled, as if very wary to enter and broaden the deepening pool. Her head tilted towards the twine, the sticks, the threading of patterns, the arrangements she’d never quite seen before. On a curious whim, the youth grabbed for some sticks of her own, striving to align them carefully, pondering how best to counter the notions. “I can hold it straight for you?” Maybe it just required more hands.
A brief interval of her gaze swinging elsewhere again, pondering over the container upon the stove, the lilting aroma tickling her nose, taunting, enticing. “What is it?” Before she got too close – not presuming something dangerous by any means, but Melita had long since learned to be slightly wary and cautious. Slightly.
Then there were other nuances and notions, things they tread around, circled, as if very wary to enter and broaden the deepening pool. Her head tilted towards the twine, the sticks, the threading of patterns, the arrangements she’d never quite seen before. On a curious whim, the youth grabbed for some sticks of her own, striving to align them carefully, pondering how best to counter the notions. “I can hold it straight for you?” Maybe it just required more hands.
A brief interval of her gaze swinging elsewhere again, pondering over the container upon the stove, the lilting aroma tickling her nose, taunting, enticing. “What is it?” Before she got too close – not presuming something dangerous by any means, but Melita had long since learned to be slightly wary and cautious. Slightly.
Melita
