Me to me: You know, this chapter would go quicker if stuff actually happened and you stopped waxing poetic about nature like some Romantic.

me: But… nature is pretty.

Me: There’s a plot that needs to happen you know.

me: Do *you* know how to get that plot to happen without exposing all the good stuff right away? I thought we were supposed to build mystery and atmosphere at the same time?

Me: …. so sunsets are pretty.