you see her at the park, looking at the trees and writing stuff down on a notebook.

You studying trees or something?

Emerald ash borer *squishes it*

Wha- why’d you kill it!

Oh, they’re invasive species

Oh

Sorry, I should’ve said something earlier

It’s ok

*takes notes on where the beetle was and what tree it was on*

*smiles*

*she moves to the next tree, finding a bunch of ants*

*watches*

*jumps* uhh, yeah, kind of... im taking notes on the trees health and overall age here.

Oh cool!

*sees something move on the tree* hey! look! *beckons him over*

*comes*

*points at a little jumping spider crawling on the bark*

Oh cool!

*she takes notes on the spider*

*smiles*

*she leaves the spider, and looks for more little bugs*

*follows*

*the squirrel runs away*

Here *shows him a picture of it*

heh, thanks

Welcome

*looks around, gasps and runs to another tree*

*watches*

*starts sketching another bug*

*smiles*

*gently curves the lines on her new sketch, taking notes every now and then*

You hungry yet?

I guess, though I could totally look around some mlre

More*

*shrugs* until I get hungry and get lunch, why?

What are you studying for?

Oh, I’m a part of a “tree-hugger” organization

?

It’s like a nature dund

Fund*

Oh ok

Yeah…

Cool!

*looks up at a blue jay flying overhead*

*also looks*

*takes note of their trails and formation*

*watches*

*sketches ant*

Your good at drawing

Oh! Thanks

*smiles*

*hold tongue and finishes tiny ants*

*watches*

*stretches and heads to next tree, noting on the blossoms, though it’s early autumn*

How long are you going to be out here?

*she ooh and aahs at the picture* you could be a photographer!

Yea…

*smile*

*smiles back*

*sees a squirrel out of the corner of her eye and runs over to the tree*

*follows*

*watches squirrel*

*also watches*

*scribbles some notes*

*gets out a bag of chips*

*follows it*

*follows*

*it lands in a tree and she starts furiously sketching*

Whoa…

*holds her tongue out*

*smiles*

*bluejay flies away as she is halfway through the rough sketch* crap!

*chuckles* I got a picture

Oh!?

*shows him*

*finds a bunch of boxelder bugs*

What are those?

Boxelder bugs, they’re harmless

Ok

*sketching a boxelder bug*

Nice drawing

Thanks

*smiles*

*moves to another tree and finds a shiny green beetle*

What about that one?