"Huh?"
Nexus took a deep breath;
"The whole point of this journey is to get you to open your third eye. I need you to begin to see things differently. . .to see opportunities at every turn, to be innovative. . to not just blindly work with what you've been told and given. . ."
The wind carried his words through the open air- and blasted it right into her ears.
Eye brows up- and hands wrapped around his waist, she listened-
". . .you need to what is there, and- most importantly, what is not there. . .that is the whole point of this mission. . .this is precisely why I'm not telling you what you do. Because you need to–"
She completed it quietly;
"–start thinking for myself."
"Exactly."
In a gentle rush, a warm breeze swept through the narrow pass.
Wheezing through the tiny enclaves in the rocks, the wind brushed over both man and girl- picking up the strands of the hairs- and lapping it in the air.