Heron Lake Plateau Summer Heat

She smiled at his thanks as she stepped back from him, giving him a bit more space. She wondered if his sorrow would drive him to seek out Sebastian, though she hoped it wouldn't. His trail was long gone by now, erased by time and distance, and he could be literally anywhere in the world at this point. "What will you do now?" she ventured to ask after a moment, her voice light and soft.