[She's not sure why she's irritable.

But she's sure somehow, somewhere, there's good reason to be.]

...yes.

Yes, well.

It's possible I don't know what's involved to begin with.

[Long, long pause]

.......I don't know.

Call me a prude but I believe it's chivalrous to bed a woman properly [before] she bends you over a desk.

So she lies with him, still and silent in the cool night beside the lake. When the flood abates, she lets the quiet linger.

Minutes pass. Eventually, she breaks the silence. "Would you rather stay here or go inside?"

Surely she should do more? But there are no adequate words, and her passing thought that this shouldn't have happened, that the blame lies with an irresponsible instructor, will change nothing. It did happen. He was hurt, and his friend is gone. Anger can change nothing.

There's a quiet ache in her chest she doesn't know what to do with, so different from the anger she's familiar with. She's still once her arms wrap around his shoulders - though she tucks her chin just above his head, as if that alone might shield him from the world.

No, I confess I haven't braved the stove yet. I'm still picking charred meat from my teeth from dinner.

"I don't! And if I did it wouldn't be your fucking business!"

She's yelling at no one at all now, save perhaps someone's herb garden.

"Eugh. Don't you have things to do?! Bloody haunting me..."

There's a few more choice words muttered, including "damp" and "bastard."

and we can take however long we need."

As she leans back, she gently tugs him toward her, letting him find whatever position makes him comfortable, or at least wherever grief might cast him.

From anyone else, she'd not even consider the request. From Mattias, it's a bittersweet relief that he offers direction when she finds herself at a loss.

"I'm not going anywhere," she answers softly. Ever the analyst, she adds, "You're taller than me. Let me lay down

||I'm excited! c:

||Sorry she's so sucks!!! You should attack her with hammers I think.

(She does warm up to people, it just takes time. She still wants to start biting Mattias sometimes.)