Ruh Roh (One on One)

She said nothing, looking around with a small smirk on her face.

 

"I haven't even tried it! You're doing this for your own benefit," she said cheerfully, taking small hops instead of walking. "I'm doing this to fulfill your curiosity."

 

“I have felt true happiness without cake, thank you very much,” she replied haughtily. “It can’t be better than derynli.”

 

“Derynli. You know, derynli? The food?”

 

“You know, you eat it on birthdays? They’re like, these little spheres and they have raspberry?”

 

“Uh oh. That’s... a problem. After this ‘cate’ thing, we’re trying real food.”

 

“Mine’s better, I bet,” she teased, looking down at her feet with a small frown.

 

She hopped a little again with a frown before glancing back up at him.

"I suppose we shall."

 

She pursed her lips, looking back down at her feet with a small glare.

"I'm not used to walking this long," she admitted. "I'm flying almost all the time. Even when it looks like I'm walking, I'm just hovering a hair's width above the ground. It feels very... unnatural."

 

"No," she said determinedly. "I want to see what a market is like."