retributiion:
“ No, I didn’t. I was simply passing by. ”
She’s stammering, and he can’t be sure if it’s habit or nerves, but he wouldn’t be surprised if it’s the latter. She can’t have been expecting to find anyone out here, let alone someone like him.
“ I saw you on my way into town and thought to check on you, that’s all. What do you mean by you usually end up here, anyway? Do you sleepwalk? ”
Well, that’s really none of his business, now, is it?─ but he’s curious, regardless, and if so, it seems a bad idea to let her sleepwalk up around the precipice of a cliff overlooking the sea.
❀ - “Ah...” She shifted uncomfortably. She’d never heard of someone ‘just passing by’ Tenuto. It was a fairly isolated hamlet, after all. Unless you came from the woods there really was no reason to go through the town at all. It was more of a place to escape from the general populace than it was a place to go between destinations.
A hint of a blush touched her cheeks when he mentioned checking on her. She wasn’t really sure how to respond to that. Perhaps she was in more danger that she’d thought...
“Sleepwalk? N-no, sir. I just don’t sleep very well, s-so I like listen to the ocean and look at Ritardando‘s lights,” She gestured at the other town that was just visible from her perch, “I-it’s really calming. So... there’s r-really no need to worry about me. But, ah, if you’re really just passing through... Do you need help finding an place to stay for the night?”












