Duck Lake These are just ghosts that broke my heart

The one slipped away, and Phox watched her retreat with some interest, but he didn't go chasing after her. He wasn't that desperate!

"What?"

Oh, so she really couldn't understand him. I mean, he'd expected that, but still. Phox dropped the flowers at his feet, flicking his tongue to try and get the taste out of his mouth.

Well, it was supposed to be some kind of nice gesture, but I guess that didn't really work. I was offering you flowers! he explained, perhaps a bit too in-depth. It was like explaining the punch line to a joke and nobody was laughing because the joke was already too complicated an nuanced to begin with.