Shake my pretty little head
10-08-2018, 08:29 PM
The boy listened eagerly, tilting his head as she sad she'd found the feather with her father many years ago. Ears perked at the word macaw, a bird found more common in the South Island. He hummed thoughtfully to himself, trying to imagine what the bird might look like. Obviously it would have many more of those magnificent blue feathers. It must have been truly stunning to see up close. "Where is that?" he asked curiously, "Maybe you can show me one day soon." He didn't realize what he was asking was a little much, but he just wanted to be shown pretty things and beautiful lands. He wasn't sure who else to ask - if not a stranger, then who? Everyone was a stranger to him for now.
He watched her face as she paused quietly for a moment. She suddenly appeared distant and sad, yet in another moment she shook it off and smiled again. He smiled back at her. When she asked what brought him to this beach, he shrugged at first. "I guess I could smell it for a while," he said, remembering the scent wafting through the thinning woods as he'd gotten closer to the beach, "It smelled good, like there might be food here. Then I saw the big water." His eyes were drawn to it then, as a shallow wave pulled up over the sand, bubbling at the edges. "The big water is beautiful," his eyes gleamed with delight as he looked over the vast sea.
Jareth looked back to Shaye. "Do you live near the beach?" he asked, wondering where she'd come from. He was so far from home himself, he had no idea where he'd come from or how he might get back. Not that he was all too eager to get back, and so he wouldn't even think of it.
He watched her face as she paused quietly for a moment. She suddenly appeared distant and sad, yet in another moment she shook it off and smiled again. He smiled back at her. When she asked what brought him to this beach, he shrugged at first. "I guess I could smell it for a while," he said, remembering the scent wafting through the thinning woods as he'd gotten closer to the beach, "It smelled good, like there might be food here. Then I saw the big water." His eyes were drawn to it then, as a shallow wave pulled up over the sand, bubbling at the edges. "The big water is beautiful," his eyes gleamed with delight as he looked over the vast sea.
Jareth looked back to Shaye. "Do you live near the beach?" he asked, wondering where she'd come from. He was so far from home himself, he had no idea where he'd come from or how he might get back. Not that he was all too eager to get back, and so he wouldn't even think of it.