11-01-2018, 05:30 PM
Everybody was way too scared to hear her, rushing past Xero in a panic and taking no time to listen to a stray, small voice in the chaos. Just as she was giving up on anybody stopping to help one poor little lost girl in the midst of the world basically ending, a soft voice rasped, “I can help you.”
She peeked up at the stranger, soft pale gold eyes shining with unshed tears. Ohhh. There was something familiar in the shape of her, in the golden color of her coat, but Xero couldn’t place it. “You can?” she asked softly, hope sparking back to life in the raise of her head, the prick of her ears, the way her scruffy little tail wiggled a happy little wiggle. “Really?”
She leapt to scurry over and sneak a snuggle. Her new friend coughed and warned her off, though, and she pulled up short in her immediate dash to cuddle up close to really anyone who would have her. “Oh! Oh no, okay. I hope you feel better soon!” She shifted her weight back and forth, all that bouncy cuddle me energy redirected into nervous fidgeting.
“It’s nice to meet you, Cress. I'm Xero. And I'm...well, I'm okay I guess, like I’m not sick or nothin’, but I dunno where to go. Everybody's scurrying away different directions, and I only really know the forest and the river, and not any of the other places. And I don't got nobody to tell me. Can you tell me how to find a safe place?”
She peeked up at the stranger, soft pale gold eyes shining with unshed tears. Ohhh. There was something familiar in the shape of her, in the golden color of her coat, but Xero couldn’t place it. “You can?” she asked softly, hope sparking back to life in the raise of her head, the prick of her ears, the way her scruffy little tail wiggled a happy little wiggle. “Really?”
She leapt to scurry over and sneak a snuggle. Her new friend coughed and warned her off, though, and she pulled up short in her immediate dash to cuddle up close to really anyone who would have her. “Oh! Oh no, okay. I hope you feel better soon!” She shifted her weight back and forth, all that bouncy cuddle me energy redirected into nervous fidgeting.
“It’s nice to meet you, Cress. I'm Xero. And I'm...well, I'm okay I guess, like I’m not sick or nothin’, but I dunno where to go. Everybody's scurrying away different directions, and I only really know the forest and the river, and not any of the other places. And I don't got nobody to tell me. Can you tell me how to find a safe place?”