For a Sister

Me? He thought, surprise touching his heart as this stranger looked at absolute accusation. Like she knew something he didn’t uh-oh he wasn’t sure what she was taking offense to, but it was definitely something.

He started to take a step back, and then stopped himself. No, he was a Fatalis, and he would not quiver before a stranger. Instead, he stood a little straighter, staring the girl down. She was older than him, maybe by a year or so, and was taller for it. “You” he shot back, as he stared at the woman in the water. It seemed like the right thing to say, at any rate.

She had vaulted towards him when she spoke, and he had lost valuable time with his confusion, and decisions. She was just about upon him now, and he held his stance, ready to take whatever the hell this whacky stranger was going to throw his way.