Heron Lake Plateau killin' the game, bout to catch a body

niamh seemed more upbeat than the last few times he'd seen her-- which was a good thing. "hey b," he returned just as fondly, returning her bump. he'd forgotten he had decided to stop calling her b-- it was just a thing, okay, you can't just change who he is ugh. "not much-- wanted to check up on you?" the end of his statement turned up a bit, like a question. a question that was implying she was supposed to tell him how she was doing but also a question from himself to himself ... in a yo are you reall about to be all compassionate rn? kind of way.