Flashback to Ten Years Ago
The child Lila's routine in the mountains was straightforward.
Pick out herbs for her Sister. Sell the unneeded fruits and veggies for the elders; then, if possible, beg for some sewing and stitches to fix her Sister's bedding.
Simple, monotone, yet a little tiring. Just a little.
Yet even her unchanging routine was sometimes interrupted.
However, it was not by a wild and dangerous animal this time.
Well, unfortunately, it is not in that sense.
"Hey hey!"
Because even the most ferocious predator wouldn't match Mel's stubbornness.
Lila frowned as she treached through the grassland, her back stinging as she stormed away from a grinning pink-head.
"This is our fifth time meeting! Why did you avoid me?!"
"Oh, please, I told you I don't need help!"
Lila sent a disgusted glare behind her, annoyed.
The sun overhead always draped her forehead with sweat, as she shifted back to the child Mel in her orange, villager robe.
