Overture Downs make like a boy scout and leave no trace

Another great reason to have Dhalia around: someone needed to watch the kids while they got a little alone time. And sure, Abel was around now to do that a little, but they hadn't known that would be the case before they left. It would've been awful for the poor kids if someone hadn't been around, because then they'd have to listen. Not that they wouldn't still hear —

Dusty Rose was a very loud singer.

"I've been fighting and holding on
But it's time to let it fall down
When it shatters, it makes a sound
And it sounds like rain
On the dry ground,"

He'd never sang to her like this before. Not in words. Not as he hunted her through the tall, fragrant grasses. What started as a croon quickly became something almost orchestral.

"I've been quiet, but I've been screaming
Been divided by my reason
But I can't wrestle the wind
And I can't drown the sea
It's drowning me — "