06-20-2023, 08:25 PM
True to her word, she did not spend long getting washed and dressed. A few bites of porridge lined the trepidation in her queasy stomach, and the rest she spooned into a container to take with them. Accustomed to nomadic living, as well as surviving on a shoestring, Asha disliked waste; she did it without even thinking. A flask of coffee also joined the possessions stowed in her bag before she slung it over her shoulder. Elias’s coat wrapped her up tight, though it utterly drowned her. Though he was slender he was still much taller and broader in the shoulder. He was right that it was warmer than anything she owned herself though. Not since she lost almost everything when the car was stolen back in Moscow anyway.
He was hurling rocks at the glass surface of the lake when she hurried down to meet him, and for a while she watched, like she fully anticipated something would be summoned from the deep. Nothing happened, of course, as it never had when Elias brooded over the water. In fact it all looked beautifully calm, and so blue it almost reminded her of the lakes in the mountains back where she grew up. She was anxious, and more than a little worried that this was all a very bad idea, but there was curiosity too, and trust as she peered up at him. Her thoughts still circled his admission of fear, but she was not so sure of his reaction should she ask him why. He was determined to see this through either way; that much was clear, and Asha would see it through with him.
He was hurling rocks at the glass surface of the lake when she hurried down to meet him, and for a while she watched, like she fully anticipated something would be summoned from the deep. Nothing happened, of course, as it never had when Elias brooded over the water. In fact it all looked beautifully calm, and so blue it almost reminded her of the lakes in the mountains back where she grew up. She was anxious, and more than a little worried that this was all a very bad idea, but there was curiosity too, and trust as she peered up at him. Her thoughts still circled his admission of fear, but she was not so sure of his reaction should she ask him why. He was determined to see this through either way; that much was clear, and Asha would see it through with him.