Lost Creek Hollow she's so high

There was silence for a good while again, and he remained silent too. Maybe they'd get to the Sarah-part of all of this eventually. Or maybe not, if that was what she needed. He didn't feel like pushing, and so he remained in silence as they walked. Unlike Sarah Nikai had many thoughts, but the presence of another he didn't even know beside him did not bother him. In fact, it made him feel less alone.

When she stopped suddenly and asked him a question, Nikai looked at her and blinked. The fire? He had heard of fires, of course, and had seen some from afar, but never really up close. Never in the frightening capacity that he heard others speak of, that he heard in stories. Not that he remembered, anyway.

No. Have you? Was that why she asked him the question? Searching for someone to relate? He was both sad and grateful to disappoint.