Snippet #1961941

The cool water rushed around him, catching his fall as he slowly drifted to the bottom of the lake. With a strong push her propels himself upward and swam to the surface. Gasping for air a moment he turned to the redheaded boy. Swimming to the shore he took a good look at him. He was a small guy, looked kind of young and scrawny. However, Echo got the feeling eh was much older than he looked, possibly the same age as he.
"Uh, I don't know if jumping off the rock like that is safe."
As he climbed out of the water he rolled off a quote he once heard,"“The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn and feel and change and grow and love and live.” With a smile he patted the guy on the shoulder and said, "I live here in this forest, you can say this is my jungle gym really. My name is Echo, I think I have seen you around town before. Riley?Raven? Something like that right?
With a grin he extended his hand to shake his and looked to the water.
"It's a hot day, I think I'll stay here for while before I head up to the festival."