[ The last time Krouse did this was with Luke, early on, when he was still figuring out his power. Back when there were parts of everything happening that could be kind of fun, for a while. They'd gone down to a lake close to one of the motels they'd stopped at before sunset and stayed out almost an hour after the early spring evening turned cold, talking in fits and starts about not much.
Their friendship died slowly. He thought he'd come to terms with it. Just another of those mistakes.
If he'd known those would be the last times, really known it, what would he have done differently? ]
I highly doubt it.
[ He smiles at the dirt, building a less organized pile close to Noelle's own. He'll share his rocks with her, obviously. It's less fun if you get picky about whose ammunition is whose. ]
I actually kind of suck at this.
[ He wasn't as good as Luke was, at least, and he assumes Noelle is as good as that, if not better. If she wanted to get good at skipping stones, she'd have practised until she was.
Luke's power didn't work for this. Every stone he threw with it sliced into the water with barely a splash. They'd been trying to see if he could slow it down, and when he couldn't, they'd just tried to see if he could stop. When the first stone finally skipped, Luke had laughed like something popped in his chest.
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Their friendship died slowly. He thought he'd come to terms with it. Just another of those mistakes.
If he'd known those would be the last times, really known it, what would he have done differently? ]
I highly doubt it.
[ He smiles at the dirt, building a less organized pile close to Noelle's own. He'll share his rocks with her, obviously. It's less fun if you get picky about whose ammunition is whose. ]
I actually kind of suck at this.
[ He wasn't as good as Luke was, at least, and he assumes Noelle is as good as that, if not better. If she wanted to get good at skipping stones, she'd have practised until she was.
Luke's power didn't work for this. Every stone he threw with it sliced into the water with barely a splash. They'd been trying to see if he could slow it down, and when he couldn't, they'd just tried to see if he could stop. When the first stone finally skipped, Luke had laughed like something popped in his chest.
Maybe it'll work again. ]
So, you want to go first? Show me how it's done?