Rolling her eyes, Jo chewed on the last bite of her hot dog and admired the simple work that Leon had just done. It was so simple, and yet it seemed to have a giant impact on that little boy. She didn't take her eyes off the boy when she started to speak. "Does it give you a warm feeling in your heart when you grant wishes like that?" She remembered the couple that she had helped Curt with the day before. Sighing, Jo closed her eyes again. "What I wouldn't give to see the heavens like you have and help people like you do."
Her heart went out to all the gods and goddesses that help turn people toward the right path and reward their earnest wishes. She leaned back on her elbows and looked over at the lion. "Where did you pick up surfing? Do you do that much where you're from?" She twisted her face up into a funny grin and then laughed out loud at herself. Her toes scrunched up in the sand as she thought about surfing with Leon some more. No matter how much fun they have, though, a nagging feeling that this will never last kept eating at her heart. They had all said so in so many words.
"I feel like I come close when I help animals," She admitted. "They are helpless in their own world with no one to really defend them. That's why I moved here." She stopped herself. Well, she moved here for a guy, but she wasn't going to let that sour her mood. "I focus mainly on the sea life because the ocean kind of reminds me of the heavens. So much of it is undiscovered and there is so much we don't know." Jo was mainly talking to herself at this point, She forgot about Leon sitting statue still beside her.
She was focused on something far beyond the horizon, staring out at nothing as she continued. "I just feel like I can't do enough while I'm here. I want to make a difference, but I don't have the power, the means to do it. No matter how hard I try I can't put a dent in anything." She took a deep breath, returning to the present, and blushed a crimson red. She had completely forgot that she wasn't alone and talking to herself. She had just poured her soul out. "Oh shit," She muttered and looked any direction but his.
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