“Hello,” you say.

“Oh, hello,” she responds, and wipes her eyes, and then looks up again at you. You smile back, and she feebly smiles, and then looks out the window.

“How pretty,” she says, looking at the fields of wheat. “It’ll be harvested soon.”

“Sure will,” you respond. “So, what's your name?”

“Claire. You?”

“Matthew,” you say. Just then, your stomach grumbles. You look at your watch. It’s noon. You hope she didn’t hear.

“Eh? What was that?”

Caught. “Oh, that was just my stomach.”

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Well if you're wondering, this was written before "Linear Stories" were introduced, so, more or less I've come to realise that only one branch of this story should exist.

The intention of the story is to have a gentle narrative that progressively gets more emotionally intense as the two protagonists, Matthew and Claire, weave and intertwine to form a deeper and more meaningful relationship.

Matthew: 19. Son of Mark and Kate Levine, Born in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Difinitive, and of amiable nature. Direct with diction, strong with rhetoric, quick to please, weary of quarrels, but being in, makes it that the opponent is weary of thee (see Hamlet 1.3.67)

Claire: 18. Daughter of Henry and Emma Falstaff, Born in Regina, Saskatchewan. Of a gentle, innocent, pleasant nature. She will be clear about her position, however, especially if she disagrees about something of great importance.

Final notes.

- I will not appreciate DSV (Drugs, Sex, or Violence) in this piece.
- Feel free to add supporting characters.. they are at school, of course.
- I will inject more elements of fantasy in due course.

updated Aug 2 by Aurix