Private Unfurling the Past

Perhaps Sumi had a point. Maybe if he watched the events replayed in front of him, he could pick up on something the witch said that he might've overlooked. Maybe she gave him a hint on how to undo the curse and he just never picked up on it. Then again, even if that was the case, it sounded like she'd made it permanent when she laughed at him the very last time he'd seen her. And he'd still have to sit through that nightmare again, probably for nothing. Keeping the scroll around also posed the risk of someone else finding it. He didn't really tell any of these thoughts to Sumi though.

"Right, I will uh, decide what to do with this later..." He held up the scroll, still gripping it much tighter than necessary. "I guess I'll just be heading home now..." His voice was still rather shaky.

We? What did Sumi mean by that? It went right over Carmin's head, getting dismissed as probably a slip up.

It was nice that Sumi wanted to cheer him up, he really was a good guy, but Carmin didn't really feel up for it at the moment. "I, uh, kinda gave up on learning to draw. It's alright, I think I'm just going to go home for now." He rubbed his arm nervously. He'd recently been told not to turn down people when they reach out to him, but this was a tough situation.

Carmin didn't understand how anyone could be so positive all the time. Nothing ever seemed to get Sumi down and it honestly baffled him.

It didn't feel like he was being asked if he wanted to go practice art, more so that he was being told. But at the end of the day it problem wouldn't hurt to go hang out by the lake again tomorrow. It was something to do, a distraction, and those could be nice.

"Alright fine, I'll come to the lake after school..." He looked away for a moment. "I'm gonna get going now, I'll see you later." And with that, he started shuffling home.