Snippet #2463297

Isamu's hands shook as he took the glass of water from Alice. He took a few long sips and let it sink into his stomach. The cold refreshing liquid was like an eraser, it calmed his nerves and eventually, after a few more moments, the shaking nearly stopped altogether. "Im sorry... " he whispered.

All his life, Isamu was told to keep things to himself and not let anyone else in. but so far, he had never really met someone he trusted as much as Alice. She was quiet and gentle, so maybe, just maybe he could let her in. "If you wan't to talk... we will have to go some place more private..." He then gently took hold of her wrist and led her to the staircase that went up to the balcony of the celebration Hall.

Once at the top he opened one of the sliding glass door and took Alice out onto the outside portion of the balcony, then shut the door behind them.

The balcony was beautiful, it had a view of the garden which Isamu often tended to on his less busy days. Of course, all of the leaves on the trees were gone. The flower bushes were bare and the grass was browned from the cold weather. It was kind of eerie, really, not to mention that the water fountain was not turned on either... it was now just a slab of cold looking concrete. Winter was here, but the snow was not.

As Isamu stared out towards the ground he let out a heavy sigh, "it hasn't snowed once since I came to Barlo... I miss it..." He was mostly just talking to himself when he said this.