Walking past the napping man, Eli happily stomps through the grass with his pair of wooly boots. Although the day is slightly brisk and with Eli being less than tolerant to the cold, the boy finds comforting tucking his hands in the warmth of his thick green hoodie's pocket. As he keeps himself hot in the warm autumn day, Eli heads straight for the lake with no room for distractions. He's on a mission today, and his mission is to investigate the lake's water. Though it's not that Eli really wan't to know the specifics, it's more like he's just curious to see what or how all the rumors around the lake started. He's been by the lake several times before but always with large groups of people. So being able to visit it alone to focus on his plan is rather exciting.

Now standing at the edge the boy looks out towards the lake but seems to have no further plan to carry out his mission. Soon without proper thinking he slips out of his boots and socks and roll up his cargo pants and wades in the water. His joyful expression changes the instant his toes touch the surface of the water, feeling the chill shoot up throughout his whole body. His shoulders curl up from his back arching forward, almost as if he's recoiling into a ball. The skin on his legs soon tingle as it goosebumps bubble.

"So coooooold."

His voice shivers as he tries to brave through icy sensation. He starts to walk deeper into the lake, but as soon the water reaches his knees the cold panics him. Giving up, the boy tries to quickly tip toe back to the shoreline with his head echoing to himself how bad the idea was. He really should have known better.

"Brrrrr"

Upon reaching the dry earth, Eli leans back and sits on the grass, rubbing his legs with his warm hands and slipping on his boots without bothering with his socks.