What do they eat? Could they be soothed or led away by a food source? What has them agitated to begin with? Is there such a thing as speaking wind sprite —
These do not seem like questions he's likely to receive an answer to today.
He nudges some scrubby, winter-brittle grasses aside with his foot, turning up another shingle. One upside of his people's propensity for walking around barefoot regardless of the weather: it's easier to wriggle his foot beneath the shingle and flip it up into the air to catch than it would be in a boot.
Not easier than just bending to pick it up with his hands, though, no. Just a little more fun.
Setting aside questions about the sprites for now. How about: "You're very tall."
hmmm
These do not seem like questions he's likely to receive an answer to today.
He nudges some scrubby, winter-brittle grasses aside with his foot, turning up another shingle. One upside of his people's propensity for walking around barefoot regardless of the weather: it's easier to wriggle his foot beneath the shingle and flip it up into the air to catch than it would be in a boot.
Not easier than just bending to pick it up with his hands, though, no. Just a little more fun.
Setting aside questions about the sprites for now. How about: "You're very tall."
In case he hadn't noticed.