♡ 03.12.21 A ♡
i followed ANOTHER kid home yesterday. i think it’s the girl with the bike who always caught my eye. i wondered why she wasn’t biking today so i ended up following her. it took an hour for her to get home, and i walked 2-3 miles from school to follow. i live a similar distance in the opposite direction, so assuming i used the school as mid ground, it would take me two hours to walk home. oddly, even though where i ended up was further in walking distance it was actually faster by car, so i got picked up. i think it was good practice. i never got noticed until maybe the very end, but i kept walking as not to look suspicious. it seemed like someone else was going into the driveway just as they go home too. interesting timing. iwonder how easy it would be to follow someone who looks around more, because i’ve mostly had practice with people who have their sights forward and don’t make turns that might require so. i’m also trying to figure out if it’s better to remain on the same side of the street or be opposite. each is better in a different way. the same side allows a more direct response, and hides you from getting spotted through peripheral vision. though, if the person chooses to look behind them, you end up in direct line of sight and need to be more careful. being on the other side can give the illusion of just going the same way without inherently following, but it can obscure vision. which is somewhat of a benefit, too, since it can hide you better. the fact that you’re focused on someone and they’re not makes the coverage potentially useful. either way, i’m really tempted to attempt this with rowan today. i don’t know how safe it is yet, since i’m still inexperienced with increased need for stealth. he’ll recognize me and know i’m going the wrong way since we live in different directions. i can try using the excuse that i was taking a random new route since i like going for walks and i tend to be westbound when doing so. i’m not sure how believable that is, but testimony from last year—that he’s probably forgotten—would support this claim. i’m getting better at hiding around corners while still keeping an eye out, but i think i’d need to create a larger distance with him. it’s best to keep about a block so that it’s still possible to obscure yourself but not be too far behind to lose them. two blocks works as well, but makes it difficult to keep track when they turn and creates a decent timeframe that they can get lost in. i think two blocks would be safer for him, but it’ll be frustrating to do. i realize i can try to learn more and adapt to a path over a span of time, but i don’t know if he’s consistent with that. i’ll see what i can do.