He stood alone on the shore for a long minute, wondering exactly what he’d done to offend her and debating whether he should go after her or not. He pulled up his pants and decided that he shouldn’t leave her alone in such a distraught state; she might hurt herself running blindly through the forest like that. He started walking after her.
It took him but a minute to catch up with her. She was sitting by a tree, talking to someone on her wristphone. He could hear only her end of the conversation as he approached her.
“...thing went wrong. He wants to marry me...How should I know, you’re supposed to be the expert...But it was supposed to stay simple, he wasn’t....”
She broke off suddenly as she sensed his approach. She turned her head and saw him standing a few meters away. She clicked o
