End proceed to clear up Kumo's plate, shoving the plate and the stuff with it into his cloud holder as well. He repeated his question to Kelne on the surface: "Hey, you done?"
While mentally, he telepathed the sullen, angsty moogle!
Kumo, does this have to do with that demon half thing you never explained? You wanna talk about it? If it's really necessary, I can tell you what happened to me, too. I just wanna know what's up.
***
Stephen was making good progress on his return trip. He didn't feel much in the way of fatigue, so little niggling things such as exhaustion, sweat, and the like had no effect on him.
As he made his way to Doma, he became increasingly aware of the feeling that he was being watched. A brief look around revealed nothing immediately threatening, so he continued on his path...
And within a few steps of motion, there was a slight squishing noise under foot. He looked down and discovered that he had stepped onto a teddy bear of some sort. He took a tentative step back and watched it for a moment.
It almost immediately began to squirm, but failed to free itself, having been impressed into the dirt ever so slightly. The dragon frowned, unsheathed his blade, and shoved it through the belly of the bear, bringing it into the air.
The bear continued to squirm. Its motions were somehow unnatural, almost... mechanical. His suspicions taking the better of him, he tore the bear off the blade, flung it into the air, and slashed the thing into bits as it fell. Bits of fluff and gears came clattering down.
The dragon eyed the remains with some resentment, shrugged, and continued on his way.
As he moved on, the remains slowly came together and began to scuttle away...
Edited by: Crawling Reshiki at: 2/21/06 15:12