[Training] catch me if you can

MELITA

Triumphant but only with the measure of glee, their antics hadn’t played into any dangerous trivialities (a surprise, perhaps, for the honeybee), and all wasn’t lost along the rooftops. She leaned back and on her knees, permitting Paige to get up, and then stood, stretching out her limbs from the silliness of the day. “There. Maybe we can save edge hopping for another time?” Her eyes glinted out over the fringes, content to leave it there. No need for Paige to be put into any level of foreboding.

Instead, the aroma of those promised pastries lingered, which meant in all their escapades, they’d gotten closer and closer to the wondrous food emanating from the market below. “Besides, breakfast is calling.” And she pointed downwards, figuring it’d be enough of a hint for the child.

help tonight to split its seams
Give the bruises out like gifts