by Laute on October 23rd, 2011, 3:32 am
He heard the girl before he saw her, her cry of pain clear in the night air. Turning his head slightly, he watched the girl as she banged into a wall, the city walls changing around her at a dizzying pace. Confused, she tried to move once more before giving up.
Her smell was...different, not entirely human. A sub-race, then--there was something wild in her. Untamed. Considering her, he watched as she skirted the statue, avoiding him entirely. The statue's words, mocking and derisive, only confirmed his feelings. She was no threat. Watching as she sat down, he made a note of her location should she move again.
Turning back once more, he heard Aditi give surprised gasp. Looking down, he saw her hand still outstretched, frozen in her task. The doll was barely out of her reach, still staring at her with its painted smile and crafted hair. Odd. Why was she not trying to grab it?
As he watched, her face took a more...relaxed look, eyes lighting up slightly as she stared at the doll. Her lips quirked up--a smile? Yes, that was it. A smile. A foreign thing, he hadn't seen one on her before, and the change it gave was astonishing. She looked younger, brighter, a girl he could have passed on the streets. Gone was the dark look and worried eyes that he saw nearly every day without fail, her face no longer in the shadow that was his brother's death.
Just what was his brother to her? Just what was she to him?
It was a question he was afraid to ask.
A small voice, too small for any person, came from below, jarring him from his thoughts. Looking down, at its source, he saw only the doll. It was standing up, staring straight at him.
(It was sitting before, wasn't it? Sitting and staring--)
It was alive, then. Not a doll at all, but a creature. Crouching himself, he looked at the small person, barely visible in the fading light. Small and cocky, she stared defiantly at him, and he allowed himself a brief smile.
Quite brave, despite her size. She was a fascinating find.
"A Zith. What are you?" His voice was deep, quiet and with fur like the night sky, he seemed to blend in with the evening gloom.
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Laute on October 24th, 2011, 2:06 pm, edited 1 time in total.