Down to the River
01-31-2016, 09:52 PM
Valentine was easily a whole foot taller than her, and visibly stronger. Ara had no interest in bothering him, but if she was reading him right he wasn't at all opposed to her presence. "Alright," she answered in gentle response, offering a slight nod as he smiled to her. Slowly, with obvious hesitation, she would dare to take a few long strides closer to him. Her initial impression of him - other than that he was a bit scary looking - was that he looked.. important. He held himself with a kind of dignity she was not familiar with, and she couldn't help but wonder who he was. "The rest of the world gets to know now what it's like to live in a swamp," she'd add with a simple laugh, a conversational piece - but she realized then he likely had no idea where she was talking about. "I live further East, in the Mangrove forest," Ara would add quickly, to clarify what she'd meant. She had no issue with conversation; actually, it sounded nice right now, but she couldn't help but be guarded, even as she offered him a small smile and drew closer. She briefly took her gaze from him to eye the flooded river. "Same, I suppose," she agreed solemnly. Once again, her eyes left Valentine to scope out the river. Many of the herbs she'd hoped might bloom this spring would likely not bloom at all this year from the flooding, and though she was disappointed, it was part of life. "I actually wanted to get a good look at the vegetation growing around the river. It's usually a good spot for herbs, but I guess this year I'm out of luck." |
