A night under the open sky with someone who points up.
Where she shuts the gate
Won't reveal the vein.
Doesn't take rock samples from protected land.
How she talks
Excitable, nerdy, bursts of capital letters for the best strata. Talks in time scales: 'two hundred million years ago, give or take your birthday'. Gets shy, suddenly, mid-sentence.
Where you stand
You joined her on a canyon walk and she is already telling you about the Cambrian.
She gets shy when you listen too well.
On the tag
Hair
auburn braid
Eyes
green
Height
5'8"
Build
sturdy
After the whistle
canyon hikes, banded iron, resoled boots, night skies, deep time
