_-Captain BRM-_
Post Tenebras Lux.
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She kept her head forward and maintained an even pace, but her eyes followed his smooth movement.Jintao returned the nod and said nothing. He was sorta surprised to see her come so close, especially because how stand-offish she had been. Turning his attention away from her, he studied the streets as they walked along. The buildings were dark with no waken life. Rain gathered in ruts caused by once heavy traffic. An old begger slept under the shallow eve of an abandoned store. Jintao crossed the street to him and dropped the two copper coins into the man's tin without slowing his pace.
Curious.
The coppers sent quivers through the rusted tin.
So why was he helping her, then?
Words lurked in her throat, but rain still pattered and mingled with the vibrations of sound. She would have no chance at making out his words during such profuse torrents.
The water began to feel bruising upon her head, and her muscles tensed and shook.
Forever she would bear a weak body, but her mind would not be so easily given to fleshly reaction.
Tay strode through the slosh and kicked water. The soggy trench coat slapped her thighs, and the hood pasted to her forehead.
She lifted her gaze and cast a hesitant glance toward the man. He did not appear to expect an answer in return, so she gave another nod."We're almost there," Jintao said after awhile. "It's just another block."
He was no talking her to a mercantile, she thought, but the man's swagger did not show with the anticipation of deceit. In fact, his confident steps should have relieved her.
Tay kept her head low and let her ears go numb.
Always so desperate. This situation was a low blow to whatever bit of her ego remained. Astute calculations once graphed her eyes, and now where were they?
Worthless.
But alive.
Her boots emerged from murky puddles, and a sudden paper caught on the toe of her right foot.
Ah, right, the poster.
She wasn't completely worthless.
(There, Duckwing, I've set you up to do something twisty... You don't have to take it, but it's a nice shiney lure, I will not lie...)
@Lacy Duckwing