Coconut Grove Coconuts won’t take the pain away

Laska noses the coconut as he talked to her. “I’m not sure... it tastes like dirt... but when I do this..” she trailed off to show him that when she noses it around it makes a splashing noise. You have to listen closely to hear it but it is there. “It splashes?” She questioned even what she heard because it’s so foreign. 

Her attention was so focused on the coconut that she forgot to ask the stranger why he was here. She shook her head and then looked at him attentively. “I’m sorry, I’m just confused by it. It’s nice to meet you, Issun. What brings you out here?” She asked furrowing her brow with her question.