Ty knew very well that it wasn't fair, thats why he laid the bet in the first place. Why would he willingly offer to go out to buy snacks? "I know. That's why I said it. You should buy food." Returning to his work, Ty scooped sand even faster, trying to get a good head start before Levi caught on to what he was doing. He noticed Levi staring at his little beginnings of a castle, and he scooped faster, both hands this time. "I'm building, what does it look like." Hunching over, he scooped and patted the sand until it started to grow a little, the smooth walls coming up to his hips already.
"Here, it's easy if you build the base first. Get wet sand so it supports more weight. Make a big circle and just keep building up. Once you get high enough you can make windows and towers and bridges and things." Patting one wall too hard, Ty whimpered faintly as it collapsed under his hand, a little put off that he hadn't put enough water on the sand to make it sticky. Returning to his task, he gently rebuilt the wall that had fallen, patting the sand in more gently this time. "You can even make tiny flags with twigs and leaves ... " Entirely swept up in his little fantasy castle, he busied himself poking little windows into the first story of his building. "And tiny people... With twigs...You can't have a castle without a king..."
"Here, it's easy if you build the base first. Get wet sand so it supports more weight. Make a big circle and just keep building up. Once you get high enough you can make windows and towers and bridges and things." Patting one wall too hard, Ty whimpered faintly as it collapsed under his hand, a little put off that he hadn't put enough water on the sand to make it sticky. Returning to his task, he gently rebuilt the wall that had fallen, patting the sand in more gently this time. "You can even make tiny flags with twigs and leaves ... " Entirely swept up in his little fantasy castle, he busied himself poking little windows into the first story of his building. "And tiny people... With twigs...You can't have a castle without a king..."