Disclaimer: Not my characters.
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Testing.
He walked casually into the room, only to see her perched precariously on the edge of the windowsill, staring out over the grounds. He ran up to her, catching her hand.
"Are you crazy?" She turned to face him.
"I realised something the other day." She toyed with a curl using her free hand. He waited for her to continue. "It's like the World's mechanism is made up of cogs. If just one was to be destroyed, the whole thing would malfunction and cease to work."
"So what are you doing?" He attempted to coax her back into the warmth of the room.
"Testing that theory." She snatched her hand away.
And jumped.
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31/10/08