06-06-2022, 11:28 AM
Did he want to try kicking more rocks in his life? No. Not particularly.
Did he understand that this might be very, very important in a young woman’s life? Yes. Better her heaviest concerns be rocks than whatever that last girl had been going through.
Ropati paused, leaning forward on his cart and pushing up his glasses to study it closely.
“The right amount of heft for the task, an excellent shade of gray,” he observed. “It is an exemplary rock, Little Miss.”
Still. Maybe he could get out of kicking it by just complimenting its fantastic utility for kicking.
Did he understand that this might be very, very important in a young woman’s life? Yes. Better her heaviest concerns be rocks than whatever that last girl had been going through.
Ropati paused, leaning forward on his cart and pushing up his glasses to study it closely.
“The right amount of heft for the task, an excellent shade of gray,” he observed. “It is an exemplary rock, Little Miss.”
Still. Maybe he could get out of kicking it by just complimenting its fantastic utility for kicking.
