by Fherasoone on April 23rd, 2010, 2:31 pm
She watched the man continue working with a smile on her face. She wasn't sure why he continually looked towards her, but she also didn't mind it thinking up a number of possible reasons. She continued to sit there, no longer shifting, and instead simply watched him continue cooking over the flame. Within the next minute, the man gave her a plate that had two bricks on it covered in flavorless glop. She stabbed one of the brick like biscuits gently, hoping it would go through, but to no avail. Before the man could notice this, she placed the fork back down quietly hoping not to offend him.
He then served her a tea, a few fragments of the leaves floating in it. With a small sip, she tested the tea, finding it's flavor to be disatisfying. Once more however, she tried hiding this, quickly smiling. The man began eating, so she also had to try, grabbing her fork once more, and poking at the biscuit. Several attempts finaly made the fork go through, the gravy having settled into the biscuit at long last. Lifting the biscuit with her fork, she bit at it, finding it was going to be difficult once more. After finally getting a piece to break off of it, she chewed it with that usual smile of hers, starting to think of her meal like a game of try and eat this.
Though it took her a while, she was finally able to get one of the biscuits down, which got her to grab the tea and take another drink of it. The tea helped plenty, the warmth soothing her throat. With a smile she continued her game by eating the other biscuit and finishing the last of her tea. Gently, she touched her throat, making another sound. This time it was much gentler, the pain having gone nearly completely, "Ahh...hmm..." she began, pondering for a minute after realizing her throat was better, "Thank you...I'm sorry if I was much trouble." she said, her soft voice finally returning with no hint of the previous pains.
She thought to herself for a second before remembering the man's question about why she was out here. "I'm...actually out here because of my own stupidity." she began, recalling the events. "I was in the market place... um... Syliras... but something interesting caught my eyes. Mr. Pickles. I never saw a naked cat before, so I went after him when he started running around. I know it was stupid, but before I knew it, I had run out here...and then some creature was calling out...and it scared me...so I tried hiding." Though she was a girl from the town, she seemed unusually calm about telling the story, and being out here in general.
Once she stopped speaking, her eyes then turned towards the man, still glowing by the flames light, "Would you mind telling me your name...? I'de call you Mister... but your cat already took that name." she said in an attempt to joke a bit. She then realized what she had said and was quick to look down, unsure how he would take the joke.
If you're not here to kill me...
Then will you be my friend?