Arrow Lake so only one life can't be enough

"You have an eloquent manner of saying things," Sarah remarked and did not speak again, until suddenly the rocky and rather monotone mountain path led them to a little oasis. There was a fine carpet of, what would be lush green and soft grass in the summer, and a couple of trees, who unlike their sisters and brothers, had managed to run their roots deep in the barren ground and, sheltered from the winds and elements by the architecture of the place, had grown tall and proud. Their branches were bare for the time being, but upon closer look one would find numerous buds that were waiting for the right moment to open up. 

Sarah stopped, let her gaze wander over the landscape and, while doing so, her expression changed slightly. There beneath the lines that chronic depression had drawn, a younger and happier face shone through. She could not quite put her paw on, how the landscape had changed her, but her heart felt a little lighter. There was something familiar about the place, it tugged at her soul, she turned to look at Mahler to see, if he felt anything similar. "I was not always like this," she began suddenly. "Once, a long time ago there was a girl, who had dreams and who believed that the world was at her feet for her to take it," she paused and then added softly.

"Smiles came easily. I believed in love and companionship," where had she gone, why had Sarah aged so prematurely. "And I may be wrong, but just as I was not this broken wreck with a diseased soul once you were not this calculating, hopelessly pragmatic person either," no signs of sarcasm, but faint echoes of good-natured humour. "Tell me that you haven't always been old and wise," she asked, now with a warm smile. It appeared that true sincerity if it had ever been felt may be hard to find sometimes, but never completely lost.  

It may take another month, but we will get there eventually. :D This is one of the most challenging threads I have ever written, but then I enjoy it so much, because I have to put more thought in each post as it progresses.