Near The Woods: Rider, Haylie, Adina, and OPEN
Rider had always liked the water. When he thought about it, it called up memories of hanging at the beach, going swimming, and running through sprinklers as a kid. It generally did not make him think about cracking a monster's head open like an overripe melon. "Holy shit." The words were out of his mouth before he even realized he'd been saying them. He glanced at Adina, though it took him a second to recognize her, with her blue hair and a light in her eyes that he hadn't seen before. He was very very glad she was on his side. "That was unbelievable!" He gave her a wild sort of grin. "Let's do this."