Frostbound

The face the girl made at seeing her arrow bounce off my chest almost had me bursting out in laughter but I held it in. The girl was terrified and laughing at her wouldn't help matters.

"It's okay, I'm not going to hurt you," I said softly, "Why don't you tell me your name."

She was hesitant at first but she eventually told me her name.

"It's Sarah," She mumbled.

"Well hello Sarah, my name is Christopher," I responded lightly.

Her eyes couldn't leave the spot her arrow hit and it seemed she couldn't keep her question in any longer, "How did you do that?"

"Do what, the arrow?" I chuckled, "Oh, you have to do a lot more than that to hurt me."

I didn't want to overwhelm the girl so I took it slow, introducing myself and talking for a moment.

"Why don't you come out here so we can talk? You can have all the snacks I have too." I said waving my bag of snacks at her.

I wasn't sure it would work but she eventually stepped out of the house for the promise of food. After she did, I introduced her to Austin and Hal. She made a face seeing that Hal was a Ranger but no one commented on it.

We did our best not to startle her any more than we already had, as no one wanted to get shot with another arrow. After talking for a short while and getting some food in her, the girl broke down into tears and cried while hugging onto me.

That was a development I hadn't expected. The girl was fine and then all of a sudden she was overflowing with tears holding onto me.