Jun 14, 2010 03:42
[The patter of raindrops is the first sound audible, but then Xanth's voice cuts in over it.]
Rain.
I-It... it's... it's r-really raining.
[Will wonders never cease.
Xanth is up on the top deck, barefoot and soaked to the bone. He saw the rain gear in his room and decided, screw galoshes. Screw umbrellas. Screw ponchos and rain slickers. It's been too long since he's seen rain and he's not passing this up.
A deep, pleased sigh.]
I-I've... I've m-missed this.
[Then, his tone turns just a little more uneasy.]
C-Could, uhm, could-- could do w-without the, uh, the water i-indoors, th-though. I-I'm, uh, k-kind of worried about it getting i-in my room...
[One, two, three-- and then the audio clicks off.]