Hideaway Strath time leads you far and wide

The girl’s eyes grew wide as the male’s leg shot forward, her muscles tensing up as the panic set in. Something told her to reach out, to offer help—but he righted himself before she could muster up the courage to do so, and she instead released a sigh of relief. “Sorry!” she exclaimed once he seemed together. “I d-didn’t mean to startle you.” She was just glad he wasn’t currently underwater—she wasn’t sure what she would do if things took a different a course.

Luckily, he didn’t seem too upset, or at least she assumed he wasn’t based on the chuckle that came before his words. And in response to those: “Oh…” Without a home but also with many; it sounded lonely. But his tone kept her from questioning it any further—it seemed the subject wasn’t one he felt like discussing. So the topic shifted, except it wasn’t to one that she was particularly fond of.

“It—!” A pause. “It does—doesn’t quiver.” Defiance or denial, that was up to him to decide.