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Harriett sat on a blanket, outsie a shop, her legs outstretched. She tapped thoughtfully on a set of bongo drums she'd had at the childrens home. The wind ruffled her hair and she began to tap to a stronger rhythm. Morodin sat watching her, his pale blue eyes almost thoughtful Then He started to twitch his tail. He started to hop, from left to right, almost... in fact, he was... dancing! Harriett laughed in amazement. She carried on tapping, then stood up and danced with the cat. He put his paws on her legs, and they danced a strange rumba as she tapped away. Passers by stopped, looked and laughed. Some even threw coins at their feet. They played and danced for a while, and when they stopped, Harriett counted the coins.
They had earned enough to keep them both fed for the rest of the week. She scratched Morodin under the chin, and began to pack things back into her bag.
"You're welcome."
Who... She looked at the cat. No, it cant be... can it?

Emile looked at the loaf. She was hungry. She took it and smiled again. "Thank you." she said softly. "My name's Emile. What's yours?" she asked. Her voice was still soft, but she tried to get this boy to talk to her.

"My name's Emile. What's yours?"
He smiled back at her, a more natural one this time.
"Kai."
His voice was little more than a whisper but he was sure she could hear him. He looked at her injured knee again.
Maybe I can help.
He walked a little ways away from her to an outside fresh water faucet he had used as his source of water while on the streets. He slipped out of his overshirt then shed his undershirt and put the warmer one back on. He carefully ripped the little shirt in two then wet one part and carried them both back. He cautiously sat down beside her. He would have to talk again.
"May I?"

Gregory reclined on the natty old sofa, that had come with the appartment.
"Areallia. Been a long time." He sipped athis beer, and looked at her. "I'd offer you a seat, but this is the only one i've got."
He crossed to the fridge, and looked inside.
"want anything to drink? Eat?"
bash yourself over the head with? he thought

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Narrative

Gregory had known she was coming. He'd seen it. Heard it, rather. But he didn't care. He'd survived, he thought, so could these new ones. As Gregory and Areallia settled down and talked, the "new ones" went unawares. Kai was called back to his carer's shop, and so was forced to leave Emile. Her knee felt better now, so she decided to go and find a place to rest after her journey. Harriett and Morodin continued walkin, doing their dancing act, till they earned enough money to rent a room at a small Bed&Breakfast.

((*points upward* Ummm...?))

Emile fell back in the abandoned room she'd found. "For the night this will do I suppose." she opened her suitcase and pulled out a nightgown. She had eaten the loaf Kai had given her, but she was still hungry. "I wonder why he wasn't scared of me? Not that it bothered me. It was nice that someone didn't run off screaming in terror this time."

Kai nestled a little deeper into Lucille's chest. It was moments like these when he really loved his caretaker. He had stopped crying quite so hard and now his panic attack was reduced to mere sniffles, hiccups and whimpers. He closed his aching eyes and listened to the soft lulaby she sang to him in her slightly out of tune voice. He decided to try to forget about the strange event and pretend it had never happened.
Yes, that's what he'd do. If Lucille asked, and he doubted she would. Even after living with her for so long all she had were vague hints about what his life had been like before she had met him on the streets, beaten yet again. He thought she might have figured most of it out by now but wasn't sure and didn't care. He relaxed further into her arms and allowed the melody to begin to lul him to sleep.

Areailla had wisely refused any offer of food considering the state of the apartment and immediately got to bussiness.
"What do you plan to do about the new ones? I'm told they are all just children and none have had easy lives."
She closed her eyes remembering the ones who hadn't been strong enough to bear the powers.
"I fear that these may not make it if we do not interfere. The powers mark all of us, making us almost incapable of leading normal lives, especially at first. We did have to learn the powers on our own but that's only because we were the first."
She sat and remembered how her life had been. It had been a happy life until the powers came. So happy...