As soon as he spoke, he realized heâd unintentionally interrupted her. He made a note of that in the back of his mind before responding to her.
âThe water towerâs? âBout once a month. Iâve been up here four times now.â Four times⌠really? That would mean Summer was coming soon⌠heâd been living here for almost a year now. That was a terribly surreal thoughtâit felt fake. It hadnât been that long, had it?
âSo youâre up here all the time, then.â He gave a quiet laugh, his arms folding over his knees. âYou know, I donât blame you.â He looked out over the view from the towerâthe town, almost tiny below them, the trees, the farms at the edge of town. It looked like a painting, as if heâd stepped directly into something painted by Bob Ross or Thomas Kinkaid. He imagined any landscape artists living in Clearwell would have more than enough inspiration for their art.
He turned back to Fawn after catching himself in his thoughts. âYou looked like you were gonna say somethingâwhat was it?â He smiled at her.
Fawn smiled as Al took in the scenery, this was the world she had been trying to sketch for months, maybe another personâs eye would help her figure out what was so off about her recreation.
âWell, Iâm glad you understand. and donât hate heights, it would make coming back up here to paint an almost unbearable task.â Fawn would welcome Alar coming up to visit her here on the odd occasion as well, but she didnât know whether it not it was proper to invite someone to a tired out tower for lunch sometime.
Her mother would undoubtingly faint if she even knew Fawn was up here, nevermind if she knew, that she was up here with someone else. Encouraging more delinquency out of the nice newcomers. Fawn chuckled at the thought, proper be damned, Lunch with her friend up here sounded wonderful.
 Startled out of her thoughts, Fawn took a moment to remember what she had been planning to say. âAh yes, I was wondering what kind of things you get used to while living in the city.âÂ