"Selia?" Still facing the window, I open one of my eyes, and sighed at the acknowledgement of my own name. I turned toward him. "What do you want? To annoy me? Or--" He exhaled deeply. "My apologies, for my behavior earlier this morning.

That evening she specifically made time to go exercise. It was the norm, but today she felt she had to push herself more than usual. She perspired more than usual, and she was unfamiliarly exhausted, to say the least.