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[tearsthrulife]

Though the rain had ended some time ago, now, Rahne hadn't yet been able to shake the feeling that she had to take advantage of being outside while she could, as if the weather might suddenly change on them all over again. She'd never much cared for this heat, but at least in it, getting out and doing things was actually possible, whereas she'd

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[scotsfriction]

Sitting on a rock, long legs stretched out in front of her Amy hadn't been paying much attention. It was the sort of drifting she had mastered over the years, keeping her eyes open as she managed to not really see much of anything. Dead useful when it came to certain courses in school.

The splash had brought her back to reality, though she couldn't quite say who or what had made it until the redheaded girl surfaced. Raising a hand in greeting, she smiled in return.

"Hullo! Taking a wee bit of a dip, eh?"

[tearsthrulife]

"Aye," Rahne laughed, rolling her eyes a little at herself. "Just couldn't help it, it was too tempting." Had she realized she'd not been alone, she might have at least reconsidered losing her shirt, but it wasn't as if she were in a state of being totally immodest. The water helped a bit, anyway.

Besides, focusing on that wasn't quite so important as the realization that the girl, a stranger, seemed to be speaking with a dialect similar to her own. The number of Scots she knew of on the island amounting to just her and Moira, it was hard not to be curious. "That's some accent ye've got."

[scotsfriction]

"Fair enough."

Lowering her hand, Amy kicked her bare feet slightly splashing up a tiny bit of water. It was tempting to go the whole hog and just dive right in but the idea of went pants was sort of foul. Maybe another day she could talk Rory into skinny dipping.

"Could say the same thing for you," she teased with a smile on her face. "Not that it's bad. More of us are needed."

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"And ye can say that again," Rahne said with a huff of a laugh, visibly pleased at the sentiment. There was no other response to have when it was just so true. "There've been only two of us for ages, now. Ye've not been here long, have ye?"

She imagined she would have heard about it, the island being as small as it was, if anyone she knew had come across a red-haired Scottish girl who looked to be about her own age. They weren't features it was hard to miss.