How Are You?

Kalmin sat down beside the little rock and laid his back on the tree's trunk. "How's it doing up there Alice?" he asked to which the wind replied with silence. He let out a little chuckle and sighed, "probably the same right? Watching my every move every day and making sure I'm ok?"

He waited for a second as if he was expecting a reply before continuing. "I'll just tell you in case you weren't in fact watching me," he smiled. He looked down at the grass and patted the ground, looking back up at the clear sky. "Can you guess where this is?" he asked.

He waited for another second before continuing. "It's not that place you were before, I can assure you," he chuckled, "it's the palace. You were moved a few days ago. Probably wondering how in the hell you got here, aren't you?"