desert places

[ladyfirestarter]

Charlie steps through into the second-floor corridor and stands aside, holding the door wide for Olivia to follow her. The air on the other side is dry and cool, with the slight brittle chill that only comes with air conditioning.

"Welcome to Taos," Charlie says, lightly.

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[ladyfirestarter]

The touch on the shoulder gets another glance, and a small smile, crooked and grateful.

"Anyway," she says, and it's a sentence all by itself: let's move along.

[flip_the_lights]

She nods, and lets her hand fall away.

"Would you be all right staying out here a little longer?" she asks. "I'd like to see if I can refine the telekinesis a little."

The fire, in retrospect, might do best to wait for another day.

[ladyfirestarter]

"Yeah," Charlie says, "I can stay out here a while yet."

And if she's noticed that Olivia seems to have dropped the idea of trying out the fire, well ... she's not going to say anything.