Swiftcurrent Creek I became an adult since the pictures of my childhood

A greeting returned but an approach not made; Kaori kept her distance, for now, allowing a comfortable space between them. Her gaze slid slowly from the girl to the river as her question was presented, finding herself curious, too. “I am afraid not,” she admitted, assessing the way the water moved; the current was quick, moving easily through the path it carved into the ground. Looking back towards the girl, she added, “I only recently returned to these lands. I do not know more than a few of the territories here.” Besides, so much changed since she left, she wondered if the lands she once knew were still there, still the same and recognisable.