Saya slowly turned her head in the direction he gestured - it was the forest. The silent realization caused her to slowly phase into internalized screaming. This - person, no - weirdo, just randomly appeared from the forest to play with her hair. It didn’t seem like he meant any malice or really any ulterior motives… but it was still weird.
「 I… See. Um… It’s a little rude to touch someone randomly without asking their name first. You scared me, you know. 」
{ 白; } Of course, as a spirit, it was nice to get away from humans and their concrete jungles for a while, and the forest seemed like a natural choice to escape to. He hadn’t meant to be rude, though, and withdrew his hand at the statement of such a thing.
“Oh! I’m sorry, I didn’t realise. I’m Shiro. What’s your name?” He held out his hand for her to shake, as what appeared to be a human custom.
