But then she turned toward Alan and he had a sudden realisation. She was not Rika, she was not even someone whom he knew. But she gave Alan a small and comforting smile and he forgot to breathe for a few seconds straight.
"What is a youngling like you doing out here in this wilderness? You should not be here alone or someone might snatch you up" The female's voice was so melodic that Alan found himself lost in it, his eyes crossed in wonder. There was something about her that was different, dangerous to his senses but he could still not turn away from her.
Now that he looked at her, he could tell she looked nothing like Rika at all and he once again wondered just how he had thought of the two of them as similar. They were as different as they come anyway.
