Bitterroot Valley watching as i fall

His illusion had been shattered the moment she turned around. The eye color was all wrong and her voice didn't match. His heart sunk into the depths of his belly and suddenly he was closed off again. Sadness replaced with a stoic stare even at her helpful words.

No. Because he hadn't been looking for her, he thought that perhaps she was looking for him. That he had stumbled upon her by chance. I shouldn't have disrupted you. Sorry. The words seemed hollow despite his best attempt to make them sound genuine.

His inky lips pulled down further at disappointment in himself. How could he have mistaken this stranger for Katyenka?