01-14-2024, 09:31 PM
She was comfortable in the boat, and Elias’s coat took off the worst of the chill – being as it was almost like being wrapped in a blanket. Only her face and the braid of her black hair spilled out the top. He felt all spiky and trepidatious to her senses, and it probably meant he wasn’t sure what he was doing, but she also knew he wouldn’t thank her interference. He figured it out quickly enough, and they were away.
Asha found it peaceful on the water. It was a muffled quiet, like the first clear breath after too much time spent in a city. The people were all distant, an entirely rare luxury. She half closed her eyes to feel the emptiness. Elias’s frustration and impatience was so familiar these days she almost didn’t feel it, else it was so buried within her own emotions there was no difference between them.
When he spoke, she looked in the direction he indicated, but of course felt nothing. Absence in absence told her nothing. She wasn’t certain if they should be concerned by it or not, and Elias was too distracted to ask. The boat rocked when he stood, enough that she freed an arm to rest her palm on the side. When they began to speed along again, she shifted to face the spray, smiled into it, loose wisps of hair tickling the side of her cheeks.
Asha found it peaceful on the water. It was a muffled quiet, like the first clear breath after too much time spent in a city. The people were all distant, an entirely rare luxury. She half closed her eyes to feel the emptiness. Elias’s frustration and impatience was so familiar these days she almost didn’t feel it, else it was so buried within her own emotions there was no difference between them.
When he spoke, she looked in the direction he indicated, but of course felt nothing. Absence in absence told her nothing. She wasn’t certain if they should be concerned by it or not, and Elias was too distracted to ask. The boat rocked when he stood, enough that she freed an arm to rest her palm on the side. When they began to speed along again, she shifted to face the spray, smiled into it, loose wisps of hair tickling the side of her cheeks.