#// ty kadey for the v based thread title hehe ( ꈍᴗꈍ)

[cleversteel]

we can’t predict the past, sweetheart.

[ faith +1 starter for @artificidel ]

The forests near Lark felt sort of different today. The boy couldn't explain it, but something... something...

Eh, whatever.

Colm wasn't gonna be out long anyway. All he had to do was dip in, get some berries and some herbs, and then dip out! Easy. (And he knew where all the best michew berries were, so dessert today was gonna be tasty!)

He knew the area pretty well, so even when the frogs tried to bite his ankles and the flowers started sneezing pollen, he dodged it all! You know, since he's built different?

One thing he didn't expect though was the bandit lurking about.

(Okay, to be fair, he wasn't really certain it was a bandit, but it was a person. Up to something. Probably.)

So he takes into the shadows, gets reeeeeeally close, and then shoves his face in the way.

"Hey, who are you?" he starts with a face of almost comedic suspicion. "You aren't a villain or anything, are you?" (He pokes their cheek, making sure they aren't a demon doll.)

"Answer honestly and– uh, actually," — he steps back to think, — "I'm not sure what'll happen if you lie, but it won't be good!"