Ed didn’t like the idea of having to walk all the way back to where he’d come from yesterday. He felt he needed a little more rest before he could undertake that journey. Also, he kind of didn’t like the idea of saying good-bye to Stede already either. One extra day in his company was a prospect that Ed was willing to sacrifice some creature comforts for. “Were you planning on going to the trailhead today, anyway?”, he asked, hoping the answer would provide him with a plausible reason for staying another day. “No, I was gonna leave tomorrow. Today, I was just going to walk around the forest a bit. Collect my traps from last weekend, scout for footprints and other evidence, see if I can find anything interesting …” “Can I join you?” What the hell? Why did Ed keep asking questions like that? He’d just decided that a day’s rest was in order and now he was volunteering to wander around the woods all day to look for Sasquatch footprints? Stede’s face lit up like the sky at sunrise. Ah. There was the reason for Ed’s stupid questions. So, he was going to wander around the woods all day to make Stede happy. Great decision!
Here's a snippet from @cufeilidh.bsky.social's and my collab for the #OFMDReverseBang for #WIPWednesday
Stede is a passionate cryptid hunter. And so is Ed, of course 😅
