02-17-2008, 05:14 PM
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Tinder! That was a word she would remember religiously from now on - it was evidently quite the secret to fire-starting. He swiftly headed off to the store, and she remained still, sitting on her heels next to the fireplace. He was so helpful and decisive, so dark and straight-forward. A small smile crept over her mouth as she absent-mindedly resumed her prodding the dully glowing embers. A piece suddenly flew upwards, flicked by the tip of the stick and stung the back of her hand. She jerked it away ruefully. Better leave the fire stuff to Valentine for the time being, she thought. Moments later he was back, with wood. [/html]
Tinder! That was a word she would remember religiously from now on - it was evidently quite the secret to fire-starting. He swiftly headed off to the store, and she remained still, sitting on her heels next to the fireplace. He was so helpful and decisive, so dark and straight-forward. A small smile crept over her mouth as she absent-mindedly resumed her prodding the dully glowing embers. A piece suddenly flew upwards, flicked by the tip of the stick and stung the back of her hand. She jerked it away ruefully. Better leave the fire stuff to Valentine for the time being, she thought. Moments later he was back, with wood.
Watching carefully, the girl took every word to heart, the suspense building as he made an example of what he was telling her. She grinned when the little flames danced seemingly from out of nowhere. Somehow it felt so much more homely in the cavern, with that familiar crackle. Darting a look at him, she exclaimed "You made it look easy!" She didn't doubt that it would take her a few tries before she could get flames like that to come out of nowhere. Dropping a few small bits of dry bark in herself, very carefully, she frowned with puzzlement. "But, Valentine... what if there aren't any embers to begin with?"