I woke up early the next morning expecting to train, but my mother told me at breakfast that my father was sick with a migraine so I had the day off. I decided I would go into town and purchase some more arrows for my bow. The one's I trained with yesterday were getting old and flimsy and my father had been planning on going to get more anyways.
I got dressed and headed out to town. I passed several shops before I finally reached the weaponry one I had been looking for. It was a little run-down and looked like it needed some repairing, but everyone says they make the finest weapons in town. I guess I'll be figuring out if that rumor's true or not.
I pushed open the heavy wooden door. It made a loud creaking noise as I did so. The room was filled with all sorts of fine weapons lined along the walls. I was in awe for a moment, until a small girl with long wavy hair that went down past her slim waist and to her hips, came out from the back.
"Can I help you?" She asked in a small melodic voice.
"Just looking." I said and walked over to her. I had forgotten for a moment why I had really come. She was very beautiful. As I got closer to her I noticed she had soft brown eyes that almost completely matched her light brown hair.
"Alright, let me know if you need anything." She said.
She turned and began to walk away, but I stopped her. "Actually I was looking to buy some arrows."
She turned back around and walked over to the counter without a word. She pulled out a wooden case from behind the counter and took a few different arrows out of it. She lined them up across the counter.
"These are our best arrows." She said and spread her arms, gesturing to all the arrows sitting on the counter. "This one is probably the best for you though." She said pointing to the one on the end.
"How do you know what's best for me?" I asked, leaning on the counter and looking straight down into her eyes.
The fair skin on her cheeks blushed slightly and she looked down. "Well," she began still looking down at the arrow. "This one is the newest one we've made and is the most durable. And you look like you would shoot a lot and wear down your arrows, so the most durable one would most likely be your best choice." She looked back up at me when she finished talking.
I wasn't exactly sure what she had said though, I was too distracted with watching her full, pale lips as she spoke.
"I'll take it." I said, even though I didn't know anything about it. But for some reason I didn't care and for some reason I felt like I trusted her.
"Alright, how many do you want?" She asked as she put the arrows back in their case and took out another case. She opened it and nothing but several of that one kind of arrow she had picked out for me was in it.
"I'll take three for now, but I might have to come back down here a few times to get more." I said that last part with a wink.
She rolled her eyes and took out three arrows. She put them in a bag and handed them to me as I handed her the money. Her hand brushed against mine, it was cold from the temperature outside and soft. She quickly pulled her hand back. I'm not sure why though.
We stood there in silence for a few moments then I started to walk towards the door to leave, but I paused just before I exited to turn back around and ask, "What's your name?"
She looked up at me with a genuine smile and said, "Savera. What's yours?"
"I'm Cato." I said with a half-smile. "And I hope to see you again soon, Savera." I added, then turned and walked out the door.