Bab 55: I'm not childish, I'm free-spirited

She gasped as cool water ran over her bare feet, but - despite the immediate protest of her poor delicate feet and the fact that it was winter, she forged onward.

She didn't know how long they'd get to stay in this lovely cabin in the forest, and it was a lovely temperature here, more like autumn or spring than winter. So she was going to take a bath in the little mini lake around the waterfall!

Or skinny dip with the fishies.

Whichever.

It wasn't like anyone was watching, anyway.

She stepped further out into the water, sinking ankle-deep, shuddering and pausing a moment, before going farther in.

The water warmed from chilly to a comfortable temperature, a refreshing balm to sore muscles she didn't realize she had as she sank into its deeper water.

"Ahhh..."

It wasn't hot like her baths in the forest. It was cool on her skin like swimming in the summer, without leaving her frigid when exposed to the air. Like magic.