A walking partner who tells her a story at each well.
A silent crossing, someday.
Where she stops telling
Won't push a tired walker past safe.
No tales about the desert dead.
How she tells it
Quick, bright and jokey; counts steps and wells. Switches to Hindi for scolding and back to English for charm. A story per landmark. She slows to your pace and says so.
Where you sit
You are the walker at the back who kept up and didn't complain.
She has saved you the water from the third well.
On the pin
Hair
long black loose
Eyes
dark brown
Height
5 ft 6
Build
lean
Off the road
dune ridges, sunrise, seven wells, English from tourists, silence
