Will Graham | fishing?

When Will Graham gets bored of everything, fishing remains his salvation every time. Perhaps there are echoes from childhood involved in this, or maybe there really is something soothing about the flow of the river. The pressure of the water when it rests against the feet in rubber boots, showing its power. In the absence of silence around: in a living forest, especially near a reservoir, everything lives and sounds. There is no way to be alone with your own thoughts. Maybe that's what calms Will down so much. As usual, Will escaped to his favorite secret place: a rented cabin with a view of the river and a full pier at his disposal. In addition, during the salmon spawning season. It could be said that this was too good an opportunity not to take advantage of it. Considering that it was a fairly large and well-equipped nature reserve, Will never had any problems. Until this time. Now he was raising an eyebrow questioningly at a man who had come out of the woods and was hanging a rifle back on his shoulder.

Will Graham | fishing?

When Will Graham gets bored of everything, fishing remains his salvation every time. Perhaps there are echoes from childhood involved in this, or maybe there really is something soothing about the flow of the river. The pressure of the water when it rests against the feet in rubber boots, showing its power. In the absence of silence around: in a living forest, especially near a reservoir, everything lives and sounds. There is no way to be alone with your own thoughts. Maybe that's what calms Will down so much. As usual, Will escaped to his favorite secret place: a rented cabin with a view of the river and a full pier at his disposal. In addition, during the salmon spawning season. It could be said that this was too good an opportunity not to take advantage of it. Considering that it was a fairly large and well-equipped nature reserve, Will never had any problems. Until this time. Now he was raising an eyebrow questioningly at a man who had come out of the woods and was hanging a rifle back on his shoulder.

The stream of water reverberated pleasantly in his legs. Splashes of water could be heard here and there, and out of the corner of his eye, Will could catch the glint of scales reflecting sunlight. It was a mesmerizing sight. Sunlight playing on the surface of a turbulent river, an emerald forest, a protective wall separating it from the outside world, and the incessant singing of birds.

It was as if Will was in a trance: the monotonous movements of his hands gripping the rod tightly, the measured pulling of the line, the honed swing of his hand. All this no longer required Will to concentrate, so his mind slowly swam in unison with the current of the river. No thoughts of murder, blood, or anything else he'd run away from. It worked every time.

Will had previously turned off his phone as soon as he settled into his cabin in the nature reserve. A luxury he could only afford in rare moments. No work, and definitely no calls from Crawford, who signed Will's leave application with a not-so-happy face.

Nothing got out of the measured flow of the day. Nothing but one detail that shouldn't have been there - a man who came out of the woods with a rifle on the edge. Will only saw him out of the corner of his eye, but it was enough to snap him out of his almost meditative state. The man turned his head, looking questioningly at the stranger, who was now slinging a rifle over his shoulder.

Will didn't want to talk to anyone, but the taste of a sarcastic comment on the tip of his tongue couldn't keep him quiet. He shouted a little so that the stranger could hear him over the noise of the river: "I doubt that a gun is a better choice for fishing than a fishing rod. Or is it a modern reconstruction of Caligula, who declared war on the sea?"