The sun and the wind had mixed together in wonderful harmony as it can sometimes do on pleasant, lazy summer days, and Laurie was taking it all in with big deeps breaths. Rays of sunshine shot through outstretched leaves, warming her face and arms as she rode into the inn yard; a soft breeze blew a few strands of her golden hair loose. Dismounting off her brown mare, Laurie cast a glance around the yard, smiling slightly as she did so as though a bit lost in thought, before resting her eyes on the two figures by the water pump.
Laurie tucked her hair behind her ears and gave her horse an affectionate pat before making her way over to where the man and women sat. On closer inspection, however, the two seemed in deep conversation and the young woman halted uncertainly. She did want to interrupt what seemed to be a serious discussion, so she began to riffle around in her pockets, as though looking for a coin, to excuse her strange behavior. Perhaps they had not even noticed her...
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