i've been changing

The male responded in kind to everything she said, even sharing in her laughter. Phim believed it was best to see the light in every bad situation, whether it was by finding some unexpected positive consequence or being able to joke about it. Surely, nearly falling to your death in a ravine would count as a negative experience, but she was glad to see this boy taking it in stride. He wasn't letting it turn him soft, he wasn't incessantly complaining, he was just laughing right along with her. She liked that, probably more than she expected she would.

"Laoch," she repeated slowly, making sure to pronounce it exactly as he had. It was an odd name, but Phim wasn't exactly normal either. She watched him bow and listened to his words, and couldn't help but giggle a little more. "You have great manners, you know that? Please don't call me miss, it makes me feel like..." She almost said 'like my mother.' But her mother was dead. "It makes me feel old," she corrected quickly, never letting her smile falter. "I am staying with family nearby and I couldn't sleep, so I just went for a walk. What about you?" She looked intently into his mismatched eyes, though it was a struggle. She knew the importance of eye contact, especially when meeting someone new, but the odd heat rising in her cheeks made her want nothing more than to turn her head away. His eyes were strange indeed, but very pretty.
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