<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=9845.msg541590#msg541590">Quote from: Cherri Tart on 06-03-2008, 18:07:20</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Lily had been lost in the wonder of it all.  She hadn't realized how closed in and trapped she'd felt until they left the city... and then, it was like a whole new world exploded into being.  The pristine snow, blue white and untouched that covered the soft rolling hills, the cold wind sharp against her face, the scent of Io mixed with winter trees and woodsmoke and the gasoline of the engine, a strangly heady scent... Finally she could breath again.  <br/><br/>Even the engine stuttering to a stop, didn't phase her.  It meant they'd have to stand around and drink in the wonder of it all.  What a terrible delimma.  Dressed as she was, the day was chilly, and yet, she didn't really mind.   Wandering over to the side of the road, she stared out across the distance, back at the faint outline of the city, thinking that, out here, she was safe from the redcaps, from Skuzz, from everything.   A big smile lit her face, and she bent down, scooping up a small ball of snow and shaped it until it was just right.  Then she turned slowly, squinting her eyes, and launched it at Io's back as he fooled with the bike's engine.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>"Oh, you should not have done that!" The satyr straightened his back and turned to face Lily. "I am deadly with a snow ball. Prepare to get cold and wet, missy!" Grinning he dropped his tools and rolled a snowball of his own.