Greatwater Lake When that’s all behind us

The day could still be remembered clearly, as was the relief she'd felt when he'd told her to stay. She hadn't wanted to leave and he hadn't made her, and so she'd felt guilty, then, for having believed he'd wish to forget about their time spent together. Once he'd spoken, she'd been quick to shake her head, having not intended to send such a message. "I do not," was the first portion of her response, a frantic effort having been made to correct herself. "I want to remember it." And despite her own desire, she would have pushed it from her mind had that been what he wanted.

"I do not know if it took," the girl said, words having escaped before she'd the opportunity to think them over properly. "Or if they would be yours." Asterr felt that she need not elaborate on what she'd meant, deciding not to share with him the details of her travels.