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Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2017 6:23 pm

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"That's better." It was a little forced - a little creepy - but Maritza was going to take what she could get.

"Do you know that you could trip going back up this road to your house? What if you tripped, and got a rock embedded in your eye? Boom, just like that, you're partially blind. Literally doing anything could hurt you."

All you had to do was breath and you were at risk of hurting. It was such a childlike thing to fear that it was almost cute if it wasn't so annoying. "And then, when you got up to go home or run to your mom you could fall again, but this time you land wrong, snap your neck and die."

Not sensing anything particularly wrong with what she was saying, Maritza sat back and pondered. "It's across the ocean; in Belrea."

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2017 6:33 pm

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Dovian knew all too well that he could trip. The week before he'd tripped in the garden and had scraped his knee and palms. His toe hadn't gotten away unscathed either. But he didn't think anything of it then. Now all of a sudden it was possible to get something in his eye if he fell! Those green eyes of his widened as he thought about this. That meant that he had narrowly escaped with his vision! The hand from before came up to touch his cheek just below his eye as if marveling at that. However, true, unfiltered fear showed when the woman mentioned falling again and snapping his neck. The ball dropped from his hands and both hands went to his neck as tears seemed to well up in his eyes. He didn't want to die! Tripping over a rock could really do that!?

All at once he began to cry. Not sure if he wanted to risk running home to cry to his mom or if he was safer there and crying in front of the woman that scared him. "But I don't want to die!" He didn't want his sister to either and she was making it easier by being in the tree!! Without warning he filled his lungs and let loose a scream. "Shura!!!" He was calling his sisters name.

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Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2017 6:40 pm

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It was like watching their crash into Sauti all over again.

Time seemed to slow down as realization slowly crept over both souls about what was said. As the child realized the perils he was in Maritza became aware of exactly what shouldn't have been said, but it was already too late.

"Don't do it, don't you do it-"

If he screamed or cried now she was going to be in hot water. The locals wouldn't like this at all and she would have to bail out fast.

Annnnd then the tears came.

"No no no, stop, it's okay, you're fine now though, right? No worries. You won't die; your parents will keep you safe and you can stay here and live happy and healthy and all that stuff, right?"

It was all a pack of damn lies, but anything was better than having him start squalling -

"Dammit."

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2017 6:47 pm

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The warnings of the woman in front of him did nothing to stop the torrent of tears. His hands moved up to rub at his soaked eyes but other than that the crying continued. He was afraid to move. If what the lady said was true he could die if he did. "I don't want to trip and die!" Dovian sobbed harder. "I want my mommy!" There was a hiccup as he tried to take a deep breath and then the wailing continued. "Daddy!!"

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Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2017 6:52 pm

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Fin

She didn't dare touch him at this point. Who knew that a simple truth could cause this much of a ruckus?! Ritz just opened her mouth and closed it several times like a fish, flicking her head back when she heard voices coming from down the road. They sounded like the others she'd traveled with, no doubt coming to the sounds of a child in distress.

Perfect. JUST PERFECT.

"You're not going to - Look, I'm sorry - " The others were coming closer and Ritz didn't dare stick around long enough to try consoling him. She'd probably just screw it up and make him cry more.

First kid you meet in the new world and you traumatize him. Way to go.

She bolted, running as hard and as fast as her legs could carry her to the right - away from both the kid, the road and anyone who may have seen her. Though it wasn't as if they wouldn't piece it together; she stuck out so much that she was sure she'd have to find her way out of this village on her own.

Which was just PERFECT.

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