Chapter 60: Rain Rain Go Away (4)
Hope's left foot stopped in mid-air, hovering just over the patch of glass as his reflection waited for the two likenesses to become one.
"..."
Hope remained still.
Neither moving forward or backward.
His insides intangibly reached out for any evil aura lurking beneath. But it felt only empty.
And...curiously...a part of Hope wanted to step on it anyway. To see what possible danger could be produced from this tiny choice alone. What chaos could ensue. No doubt a question like that defined the saying 'curiosity killed the cat.' Whatever the hell a cat was.
Hope hesitated. A second or two passed before he obeyed his instinct and pulled his foot back.
He then carefully knelt to the ground and inspected the surface.
Twice his instinct alerted him of his steps. Logical thought was that the surface wasn't stable and would crack open. But another part of him said that wasn't it. If he was alerted twice, how many more of these dangerous patches were spread throughout his way forward?
Hope stretched out his gloved hand toward it.
His fingers twitched before touching the surface to swipe the shards of glass to the side that glinted like broken stars or stolen silver light. But the patch beneath revealed to be intact. No spider cracks, or marred veins fissured on its surface.