No, you didn’t, but it doesn’t matter. I can see you’re in one piece and smiling thus no other man would need to suffer my wrath today.

[ he laughs a little, smoothing hair from koby’s face at the way he frets and fusses, pulling away to look around once again at the lake, the sun, then to koby. he’s glowing in the light, and though he knows the pink of his cheeks and ears isn’t from the sun, he doesn’t voice it. ]

Should I cover my eyes? Let you lead me to this thing you’ve found, or somewhere off into the wilderness? I would be at your beck and call, of course.