"It is hard to believe this is your first autumn."
The pair of two walked along a pathway strewn with the colored pieces of the trees around them, a short distance between their arms. Her hands remained folded behind her back as they walked, while the taller speaker of them walked with a relaxed gait, his hands idly swinging by his sides. As they walked, she focused on the colorful ground with eyes opened wide, a look of childlike awe on her face. It was the most expressive the smaller lady had shown him in all the months they'd been living together -- and he enjoyed every moment of it.
"Well, as I've said before, we didn't exactly have an