Awkward conversation time! I know, lotta dialogue lately, but hopefully it's been fun dialogue! And there'll be more action adventurey type stuff soon as well, don't worry. :3
Excerpt below:
“You and I both know we can’t avoid the subject forever while we’re on this journey thing.”
Lykou looked around anxiously, trying to think of anything to divert the conversation away to. But he realized there was no more avoiding it, and sighed heavily. He couldn’t look her in the eye, though, and glanced away. “I… guess you have a point…”
There was an uncomfortable silence. Gleam slid up close to him and wrapped her arms around her knees as she tried to work up the nerve to ask the question they both knew was coming. “...you know what I have to ask.”
Lykou shot her a brief sideways glance, then looked back down at the ground as he idly fiddled with a pebble next to him. “...probably,” he replied quietly, dreading it.
Another silence. Gleam sighed. “So?” she asked, looking over at him with an arched brow. “You ever eat squirrels?”