Silver Creek O Captain! My Captain!

He chuckled as his story drew a laugh out of Spring, and he was pleased to see her enjoying it so much. He attempted to frown at her, mock-offended, but couldn't hold his face as she continued to smile and laugh. He smirked, chuckling again and shaking his head. Of course, he hadn't been able to stop him mind from making the logical journey on the trail of events. Spring's laugh grew quiet and Heston found himself desperately wishing to take his words back, for her laugh to fill the air again. He had gone too far, he had pushed too much he thought. He should have changed the subject to funnier things, or other silly tales. But he hadn't.

After a moment, though, Spring replied to him. She called him Back Flip and he laughed, a smile curving over his face once more. He nodded, waiting for her to tell him. His brow raised as he listened, surprised as Spring had been at the answer. Spring's eyes clouded over, but she continued to tell the story of her daughter. He smiled at the reasoning, but the smile didn't reach his eyes. Spring's tail drooped, she sighed, and he felt much the same. How horrible a world to take away such a small and innocent being. A being who wished for happiness, who was too young to have experienced much, yet should have had a future stretching before her.

"She sounds like a beautiful soul, Spring. Would that the world had more like her, with simply kind hearted wishes instead of selfish needs." He didn't know what else to say, for there was nothing he could say to help a wound that ran so deep and wide as the loss of a child. "I'll think of her whenever I see one now." He said, smiling softly. "And you know, maybe by simply telling you that she did put more in the world. You're certainly going to notice them more now, and I know I will too. So maybe she got her wish afterall." He leaned towards her again, wanting to press his shoulder to hers once more. This time, he would leave it there if she allowed him, leaning against her only slightly.