Puck, as it happens, is sitting in a tree near the outskirts of the woods, and though he had for some stretch of the morning been a robin redbreast, now he is in his more customary form; perhaps it's a statement that at least he may hold onto his shape if it pleases him.
Then again, to ascribe that level of thought may be to give him a little too much credit.
Puck is keeping half an eye to the door, out of boredom if nothing else.
There is a peculiar jolt in seeing the shape that emerges; when one week is measured against five years, it it quite natural to make the mistake, to think it really is Havelock--
All sorts of people could be out climbing trees, of course. Children, outlaws - Havelock's own peers, who see climbing in all forms as good practise. But even with the limits of human eyesight considered, there are certain forms you learn to know well, even at a distance.
He deviates from the path enough to take a direct route to the foot of Puck's chosen tree.
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Then again, to ascribe that level of thought may be to give him a little too much credit.
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He heads out, hands in his coat pockets as he scans the lakeside, apparently leisurely.
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There is a peculiar jolt in seeing the shape that emerges; when one week is measured against five years, it it quite natural to make the mistake, to think it really is Havelock--
And of course, it is.
Just not all of him.
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All sorts of people could be out climbing trees, of course. Children, outlaws - Havelock's own peers, who see climbing in all forms as good practise. But even with the limits of human eyesight considered, there are certain forms you learn to know well, even at a distance.
He deviates from the path enough to take a direct route to the foot of Puck's chosen tree.
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