On The Road To Nowhere: The Beginning

[Tessa]

“Oh, that’s a’right Lovie, don’t fancy the night much meself,” Yalene responded as she grabbed up a plate and unceremoniously sat herself down near the fire, “Moonlight don’t shine off anythin’ on land, it’s too dark ‘ere.” She took a large bite of the cooked meat, one could tell that the youth had little in the way of table manners but she was endearing nonetheless.
“Stick near to the fire, feels much safer.” Yalene had been on land for more that two yeas, but she still felt as if it were too confining at times; during the evening was when she felt it most keenly, you could always see the moonlight shine onto the waves of the water, casting an eerie shine over everything, on land the moon did not have that same effect on things.

The young woman had spent the afternoon teaching sea chanteys to the village children, she hadn’t anything else to do during the day hours. She didn’t have an act, as others in their traveling band did, she would do something different from day-to-day and town-to-town, most often she would tell tales of her time at sea; acting each out as she spoke.
“’ow many did ye best t’day, Liath?” Yalene questioned the large man as she continued to eat, he eyes roaming around there camp absently, “Five? Ten? Thirty Five?” She laughed softly at the last number.