she SMILES when he concedes to helping her, her job as
an angel is to help people so it always feels slightly strange
to her to ask anyone else for help. adjusting herself slightly,
virtue holds out her arm. 

                                “i just need someone to lean on so i can hop over here to
                                 the shop, mostly because i don’t want to get my sock
                                                  COVERED in puddle water.”

       _{“are you really scared of a little water?”} 

_{he couldn’t blame her – not really at least, but he didn’t feel things like most others did. at least, in his mind; getting wet was the least of anyone’s worries. still, ky was going to play nice – even if every fiber of his being wanted him to leave right then and there.}

    _{“i’m gonna guess you were one who didn’t
       enjoy playing in the mud as a kid, huh?”}