He faltered again, despite it being the time to do anything but waste time, and snatched the sweater from her hands, hastily fastening it around his waist. He glanced up at her as she did her own work, filled with stubborn gratitude.
"I owe you one," he declared while he finished. After testing it for sturdiness, he nodded to himself and arched his spine in preparation to bail on the operation.
Siegfried snuck one last glance at the stranger before darting across the foul trench like a blue and white streak and disappearing into the gloom of a second canal.
"I owe you one," he declared while he finished. After testing it for sturdiness, he nodded to himself and arched his spine in preparation to bail on the operation.
Siegfried snuck one last glance at the stranger before darting across the foul trench like a blue and white streak and disappearing into the gloom of a second canal.