05.Jun.13, 01:19 PM
"Methusela."
"Methusela, Methusela."
"Mellisa?"
"Melanie!"
He stood over Flora's body in a crouch, tenatively, and then at last tried to jab her arm with a single pasty finger.
"Girl!", he tried again.
"I know it was an 'M' name....no.... FLORA! I remembered!", he tried to poke her arm again.
"Time to get up now, let's rise and walk back to the weyr now so no one will worry about you."
"Flora?"
"Melanie?"
He performed a face palm, at his problem remembering names, and then trudged back to his seat, as if performing a temper tantrum. He poked the fire a few times with a stick.
"The path is right beneath us, do you see it? You were on the path the whole time, you just didn't realize it because you were in the dark. You can see the Weyr if you climb up a tree for a better view. I don't know what to fix for food, so we can just walk back to the Weyr and be there by lunch time."
"Methusela, Methusela."
"Mellisa?"
"Melanie!"
He stood over Flora's body in a crouch, tenatively, and then at last tried to jab her arm with a single pasty finger.
"Girl!", he tried again.
"I know it was an 'M' name....no.... FLORA! I remembered!", he tried to poke her arm again.
"Time to get up now, let's rise and walk back to the weyr now so no one will worry about you."
"Flora?"
"Melanie?"
He performed a face palm, at his problem remembering names, and then trudged back to his seat, as if performing a temper tantrum. He poked the fire a few times with a stick.
"The path is right beneath us, do you see it? You were on the path the whole time, you just didn't realize it because you were in the dark. You can see the Weyr if you climb up a tree for a better view. I don't know what to fix for food, so we can just walk back to the Weyr and be there by lunch time."