Tuktu Hinterlands you keep avoiding me

chanel kept her distance but the concern was clear. to be fawned over was something that anathi dreaded, especially by this stranger. she couldn't have known the disrespect that he'd interpreted from her tone so he chose not to hold it against her. foreign women, they were... different.

it took a moment longer than he might have hoped but anathi did make it back onto all fours. he took two steps forward, wobbled, then took another. me, ek is okay. sien? the balance, it was hardly there but there nonetheless. om water, okay?