▯▯▯▯▐ It’s different for him to come across someone in the middle of the forest, and even though the other comes across as a little cold, it doesn’t really put him off that much. Maybe after the initial shock wears off, he might just get annoyed with it. Only time will tell.
❝——I- I was just… I haven’t met another human being in a really long time.❞
this causes him to pause.
“ how long, exactly? ”
how did the boy survive? the forest was a dangerous place, even for holmes. to be able to last this long –
the puzzle before him lifts the black mood, slightly.