familiarity breeds ....

   As they drew closer to the music, they began to hear actual lyrics, although they didn't necessarily understand what the song was about.

  "Something about a ship wreck," mused Lyri, "but I'm not sure why any kind of a wreck would be something to sing about, and I don't know what a ship is."

  "I think a ship is like a boat," Eldrin offered. "Bigger than a raft or a canoe, and much bigger than a boat.  Something to go on the water, maybe a lake bigger than anything we've ever seen?  Speaking of which, I was just looking at this creek and there seems to be some large trout in it.  Lyri, do you have something I can use to make a hook, and I'll catch us some for dinner in case they aren't friendly?"

  "Do you ever stop thinking of food, Eldrin?"

  "No need to get testy.  I was thinking for all of us."

  "Which is quite unexpected, to be honest.  I may have something you can use, just one moment.  Thal, do you think we should stop here and wait while you and Kael go forward to see if they are friendly?"

  "That's not a bad idea. You and El wait here, while Kael and I scout it out.  Don't light a fire in any case until we know if we have to leave quickly."

  "Oh, what I would give for some of your mother's buttermilk biscuits, Lyri, to have with some fresh trout!"

  Thal rolled his eyes, "And keep El quiet if you can.  We don't need to announce ourselves just yet, and all his talk about food is making my stomach growl."

  "I'd love to shove a biscuit in his mouth if it would shut him up," Kael remarked under his breath.  He clenched his fists until they were white-knuckled.  The last few days together had made all of them just a little buggy with familiarity, and what he wouldn't give for some peace and quiet.

 [This is an ongoing chapter a week story that began with the first Words for Wednesday for 2025 on 1 January. I'm hoping to continue it through 31 December, the last Wednesday of the year. To start from the beginning, click on the Words for Wednesday 2025 label to the right and it will pull up all of the weekly posts, beginning with the most recent. To start from the beginning, continue to click "Older Posts" at the bottom of the page until you get to 1 January 2025, then click "Newer Posts" to read the next date. You can thank Blogger for the inability to list them by chronological order under the labels.]

This week's Words for Wednesday prompts can be found here.