A: Liquid.
E: What kind?
A: Salty
Sweat.
A drop of sweat on a surface with black hair.
Beneath that, eyes
A drop of sweat on an eyebrow.
Curving above a skin basin covering the eye.
She has black eyebrows. All her life she’s had them
Skin covering her eyes. Protecting them
E: Brown eyes under black eyebrows.
A drop of sweat tangled amongst them.
A: Above the eyebrows a plain field of skin. Thick. Strong. Sturdy.
E: They call it forehead.
A: It serves as the base for the eyebrows which lie above the eyes.
The eyes are very important, some might say.
She might say the same.
E: Her eyes are quite important.
A: She extends one finger. One separates from the five.
Reaching for the eyebrow. Touching the drop of sweat.
Her finger touches the drop of sweat on her eyebrow.
E: Flattening it.
A: She breathes.
E: Exhales.
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