I’d give anything to be able to go for a swim in this heat. Just strip off and dive in the lake like when I was young, back when risking my modesty was a worthwhile price to pay...

“It is not my establishment. I care not for how long you stay.” She claims a spot two seats away, exhausted. “I do ask that you save some for the rest of us.”

This sooty, fruity, not quite pungent smell, scent of the dough, the smoke of the fire, and the shein her grandparents preferred to drink takes her back to the days when they would sit with her at the hearth trying to teach her these old recipes.}}

I wonder what his thoughts are, after all this time? If indeed he’d care to recall me at all.

I looked, but it at least hasn't happened recently. Could have been ages ago without my noticing, though, since I'm rarely on here now and look at my dashboard but not my pages. Fixing that now, though.

However, if she feels that someone is waiting on her -- something she does not like at all, because it causes a lot of anxiety -- she’s much more likely to move quickly and get done as soon as possible, probably while apologizing for taking so long even though she probably isn’t. At the stable, she’s careful not to rush herself, because the idea of making mistakes, again, makes her very anxious. But she doesn’t want to be seen as lazy or slow, so she tries to be efficient without running around like crazy.

[I have a higher level chara on NA, so I’d be down with playing with you there too :D]