[She's already on her way, though, and it quickly becomes apparent that this is something she's highly familiar with — she's deft and practiced in the way she hops onto his back without kicking him or landing oddly, and easily falls into place with her arms draped over his shoulders and her head turned slightly to the side so that she can see past his.
She's definitely not eighteen pounds, but she's also lighter than one might expect; the cloak and the armor add the appearance of volume, but fundamentally she is in fact a slight, noodly girl — possibly a little bit too light, even, given her height.]
[WHEE. Off they go — and off Summer goes, privately relishing the free opportunity to soak up some human body contact without having to deal with the embarrassment of outright asking for a hug.]
eh. evolution's survival of the fittest which i am totally not, so i'm not shocked.
............. i'm also like. sensing this whole novel's worth of backstory here? which you totally don't have to talk about if you don't wanna cause it sounds like the worst kind of backstory but i also didn't wanna ignore the super obvious elephant in the inbox.
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