put the stars in our eyes, and with heart-shaped bruises.

[minim]

[ her search for reynard is ongoing, an unrelenting biological urge that pushes her to keep moving. but it's been so long since she's even heard his voice that the push is easier to put aside for a time.

time enough for her to destroy the latest pack of hunters following her, and hide herself in the closer town, dressed like she's no one suspicious. ]

Comments

[minim]

You can always try.

[ she's small, but her eyes are bright and sharp. ]

Are you hiding?

[binaural]

Not in the slightest. If I needed to hide, I would be hid.

[minim]

Somebody would hide you.

Who?

[binaural]

I'd hide myself.

[minim]

[ matter-of-factly: ] Have you tried to before?

[binaural]

Yep. It worked well enough until I had to go home.

[minim]

But you wouldn't be able to hide forever.

You can't.

[binaural]

I have no need to hide forever.

[minim]

Not yet. [ paranoid, much. but still, she has reason for it, and those reasons are already starting to show up. ]

I don't have to hide forever. Just until I take care of things.

[binaural]

What sort of things?

[minim]

Nothing that you have to worry about.

[ she pauses. ]

Why do you do this kind of job?

[binaural]

I don't, not normally. I'm just flat broke tonight in a strange city and I'd like to get some dinner.

[minim]

But it's your job that means you have to stay in this city.

[binaural]

No I don't. You're mistaking a rare occurrence for reality.

[minim]

Not this city in particular, though. You've got responsibilities.

[binaural]

Doesn't everyone?