It was a beautiful day, the weather mild, though the light breeze was a reminder of fierce storms to come in the following months. Stretched out on her belly on a flat boulder near the river's edge, chin propped up on her hands, Siobhan absently watched dragonflies buzz around the surface on iridescent wings. Yeah, she probably should have been up and walking right about now, making time and taking advantage of the daylight, but the day before had been a rough one and she couldn't muster up the energy to feel anything other than lazy, her muscles sore and a bandaged gash on her arm throbbing to remind her it was there--as though she could forget!
Even a Knight deserved a little time off, right? Right. And so, after bathing, she had just...decided to linger here a little longer. The sun felt good on her pale skin, nice and warm, though she knew she shouldn't stay out in it long or she'd turn red as an apple. Well, whatever, she was just waiting until her hair dried. Yes, that was exactly it.
Even though her braided ginger hair was already good and dry. Well, the underside was a little damp. That counted! That totally--
Huh?
A shape caught her eye, a human-like form floating down the river, and Siobhan jerked upright until she was sitting. Oh no! Did they need help? Was that a body? For a second, her own state of undress didn't even register as panic speared through her and she called out without thinking.
"Hey! You okay? You need help?"
...Not that that would help a drowning person much, but it wasn't like she could help much anyway. Siobhan couldn't swim.