Then, flipping the bottle around and allowing a portion of it to drip out onto the stone path through the area, Zeke pointed at the puddle below him.
"Do you really want steaming hot tea in this heat?"
Sighing and standing up, I responded.
"I mistook it for something else."
"For what?"
"Let's go to that place you so desperately wanted to show me."
Watching me walk by him and onto the wooden bridge, Zeke muttered.
"You know, you really need to drop that mysterious guy act. You're not even a damn royal."
"It's not an act."
"...I truly feel bad for you."
"What? Do you think that makes me disabled or something!?"
Pausing atop the highest point of the arch bridge, I paused and placed my hands on the wooden railing, staring down at the fish.
In the background, the discussion of Coal's group, Evangel, Charlotte, Mira, and Sage, echoed, forcing me to listen.
Rubbing my eyes, I turned around as Zeke caught up to me and asked.
"You feeling unlucky?"