Backcountry hike

"Hey!" She squealed, rubbing her cheek.

Eph continues walking.

"Are you alright?" Val asked cerise, Eph had basically thrown a rock at her face, because he was clearly a prick

"Oh you..." She searched her mind for a scathing insult. "You crab!" She failed. And then she turned back to Val. "Yeah, I'm fine."

Eph just glares at her with a look that clearly says 'did you just call me a crab'

Val glares back at him

Cerise just looked between the two helplessly.

Eph doesn't know what to say to that....I mean ,what do you do when someone calls you a crab...are you supposed to get offended? Do you laugh? Do you cry?

Eph decides to walk back over there and apologize ,because that was a dick move ,and being called a crab kind of made him realize that.

"Hey, ah, I don't need your money," She said, thrusting the purse out to him.

"I know , I was trying to apologoze obviously that didn't worm out " he replies he refuses the cast.

"Chucking a heavy object at someone's face makes for a poor apology, who'd have thought?" Valstad asked dryly

Ephraim ignores this "But yeah I'm sorry about that , didn't mean to throw it so hard " He explains and begins walking off again.

"It's fine," She replied, with a gentle smile. "Hey... you don't have to leave."

"Things will be easier this way , besides Val has this covered from what I can see and I'd rather not waste my time" He replies can!mly ,and continues on his way.

She then went up to give him a farewell hug.

Eph sighs ,embarrassed ,but allows this , but out of a few moments begins pulling away "You can let go now" he insists gruffly.