“The future is what matters. Isn’t it? The jobs are done. The house is ready. Come and live with me,” she fantasizes and dreams on, completely still.
The hedgehog and she do not notice each other until they are inches apart. Instantly their four eyes connect exactly, intensely. Who is more shocked? Who laughs harder? Hedgehog waddle-runs to yard’s edge. Woman jumps, tumbling her brooding.
Two creatures in the moment.