Wintry Stroll

"A lot of people here," 

That was me, raising my voice considerably to be heard over the vigorous buzz of life as we became merged with the steady influx of visitors flooding into the main park entrance. 

Due to the basic nature of the event, there were a lot of families coming in, and with families came kids, and with kids came a surplus of screeches, wails, and laughter of the festive variety. Happy noises as they were, at the end of the day, they were still noises. 

Very noisy noises. 

My eyes fell to Adalia and her utter lack of reaction. 

"A lot of people, alright…" I said again. 

Nothing again.

"Probably gonna be a lot more later on too." 

Still nothing. 

"Oh look, they got loudspeakers set up everywhere around as well. They're probably gonna be blasting Christmas music all day and—"