12.Aug.19, 09:17 PM
Beckitt was feeling better than he had yesterday after the Touching, though still a bit rattled. As always he looked for any excuse to get outside, out of the confining walls of the caverns, so he agreed to run a message out across the Bowl. On his slow walk back, rolling up his sleeves against the heat, he spotted Kelian who seemed to have a similar idea for an evening outdoors, and waved to her but she didn’t see, instead sitting on a rock, looking dejected.
Concerned, he quickened his steps and headed over. “Hey Kel… everything okay?” He sank down next to her on the rock. “Half-mark for your thoughts…” He gave her a small smile, encouragingly. They had been in different groups for the Touching, so he didn’t know exactly what had happened, but if his own experience was anything to go by it hadn’t been anything good.
They’d known each other since they were kids; Beckitt was about a Turn younger than her, but they’d shared classes. Even if they hadn’t been the best of friends, he hoped he was at least someone she thought she could be open with.
Concerned, he quickened his steps and headed over. “Hey Kel… everything okay?” He sank down next to her on the rock. “Half-mark for your thoughts…” He gave her a small smile, encouragingly. They had been in different groups for the Touching, so he didn’t know exactly what had happened, but if his own experience was anything to go by it hadn’t been anything good.
They’d known each other since they were kids; Beckitt was about a Turn younger than her, but they’d shared classes. Even if they hadn’t been the best of friends, he hoped he was at least someone she thought she could be open with.