Redhawk Caldera Dallmayr Ethiopia

chickadee let out her breath, feeling just the smallest sting of what could have been resentment, if she had allowed it to be. instead she joined her sister, her eyes watching the ripples cast by the stones.
their circling expanded, overlapped; the girl drew a long sigh. "i didn't want to come home right away. because you were right, dee. i — was just -- always dirty, and hungry, and cold. and then we were really hungry, antigone and i, i mean — oh, he's a b-boy i met, the first time i went to look for ani."
"but we — there was a storm and, well." chickadee shoved the rock into the lake at last, feeling strangely lifted by the resultant splash. "you were right and i was too embarrassed to come home. felt like a failure. didn't find ani." 
tears singed the inside of her eyes.
"didn't have any adventures. just like, stressed everyone out for no reason."