"This tree is safe," said Mattie, leaning her back against the trunk, feeling the vibrations as the wind shook it, pulled at it. "It'll keep us from the branches of other trees, and tiles..." She looked up, checking the strength of the thick branches of the tree. They would hold. She was sure of it.
"You aren't scared, are you?" she asked, amused. She kicked some of the water at him.