Bean’s merriment might well be as infectious as the laughter spilling out of her mouth or the smile that reaches her eyes and makes them bright, like the way sunlight flashes against mud - that kind of bright that it’s almost beautiful coming from something so mundane. But that’s Bean, ordinary! Her mad-happy spins continue as the snow billows around her in luscious whiteness. Or it did…
She stops, just for a moment —
Head thrown back in amazement and mouth parted in breathlessness. Giddiness makes her start to shake but it looks like the silly girl is just shivering. She’s not, but her happiness has no true outlet so it overtakes her body and makes it dance in hops and skips and spins galore. Bean has never seen colors like this! Not in snow but wow, it’s so magical!
She’s back to laughing, smiling, and spinning in the snow. Snow that is colored in near pastel shades of yellow, green, pink and turquoise. Colors that she has never seen but the names rose up out of her brain like ghosts, murmured and unfamiliar. “Wowie!” She yells in pure delight before one more spin puts her face to face with someone else. No apology offered of course. She’s too distracted from the rainbow-snow by the shiny in front of her.
“Oooo shiny!” Bean screeches in amazement. It makes one question her bloodline and think there might be a magpie mixed in there somewhere from the way she’s staring at him. Yes, staring is impolite but Bean had issues getting schooled in manners. Meaning she lacks them, most of the time and just bats those big brown eyes until she’s forgiven or gets what she wants. It usually works… usually.
Now she’s poking at him with her little nose, sniffing and snuffling. She’s amazed at how smooth-coated he is (smells like a he unless her nose is broken!) in the midst of winter. How is that possible? She looks like a 70’s shag rug that’s out of control! Finally she gives him some space, not much - she’s as invasive as kudzu, meaning she’s everywhere and into everything. “Did you see the colored snow?!” no apologies for the lack of volume control either but at least she’s speaking just below an excited about.
Bean also hasn’t stopped staring.
So shiny… so so shiny...
@[Gale]