Serpent Lake the wild hunt

Mari still hesitated, instead standing stiffly as she was caught between closing the distance or maintaining it. she keeps her smile however, never once letting it flinch (unless she'd already had. she wasn't sure)

hello Darroch! she chirps. she thinks a moment, recalling if she'd said her name already or not, until she realized the was a silence lingering between then and the dog shook her head. 

oh! marija! my name is Marija. she spoke with a nervous chuckle, the young girl sweating. um, so it is.. do you have plans? she asked without considering if that made her come across as nosey.