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Lauren blinked and then smiled widely at the panicking girl. "Hey, I'm not THAT scary am I?" She asked as she flipped down landing on her feet. The animal dna felt like it was starting to kick in at times like those, when she had tremendous balance and agility but still she had not changed.

She reached down to help the girl up, "You look like you've seen a monster or something" She laughed a bit at the irony of the statement, "Of course, monsters are everywhere here. We're all going to be monsters eventually."

Thorn realised she had never met the blue haired girl before. Maybe this one would like her. "Hey, I'm Thorn." She waited for the frightened girl to reply instead of asking her customary who the hell are you when she introduced herself.

Lauren laughed, "heh, glad you figured out YOUR not delussional." She looked around for anything Awen might of dropped. "What were you running from then? The Dude or something?" She knew that way was the beach but the Dude was the scariest thing she's seen there by far.

"Ah Awen. So what brings you here?" Thorn was full of questions as she tried to play cool, leaning against the tree she just jumped from.

Thorn looked a bit stunned, the girl hasn't gone through orientation yet. Usually she would play with the lie then someone would call her and the doc out on it and the person would hate her. Not this time.

"Therapy huh? You scared of the ocean, now that is kind of silly. Why would you want to be on an island if you fear the ocean?" She crossed her arms. "Ah the Dude is somebody around here, old, fat, likes the beach. Thought you were running from him." She leaned in closer was if someone could hear her if she spoke too loud. "He's also got a 'condition' with webbed feet and hands. Poor guy. Sure you'll meet him eventually."

She tried to hold back a laugh. Did this girl know what was up or not? It was hard to tell. And how in the hell did she get purple eyes? Thorn quietly cursed her normal dull brown eyes.

"Ah sorry, sounds like a crappy thing for a friend to do. I just came here on my own for free food." She patted her scrawny frame, "Filling up a bit now, can't really see much of my bones anymore." A proud smile went across her face.

"Touchy sometimes aren't they? Nah he's a puppy dog, well not a puppy dog but a sea lion but... you know." Her eyes lit up a bit, "Besides, I took him down one day on my own." She buffed her nails and looked at them arogantly.

"Don't you worry, you'll change soon as well." her dark eyes looked into Awen's seriously. "And so will I." Lauren definately felt jealous that she hadn't changed yet but her weight issues needed to be taken into consideration as well. The doc had taken an interest in her and didn't want her to die.

Lauren stepped back, "Easy girl, I didn't say it was his fault. Just said it was crappy for him to tell you to get help. Don't think friends should be telling eachother they're crazy is all." Like she would know much about friends. She sighed, this socialisation thing was so hard. It was so much easier to tell someone to ******** off and go on your own.

She tried to look sympathetic, "yeah, it's hard for lots of people to deal with, probably is why Pyroth got all upset towards you. It's ok I don't care really, more people should just let their anger and frustrations out it's much easier than bottling it all up."

The tall girl meerly laughed at the last statement, "yeah well it's no big deal really I think the poor fellow had a glass jaw or something." She still looked proud.

Trying to change the subject, Lauren asked a different question, "So, uh, what do ya like to do?" She asked as she looked at Awen, then turning around still listening but following the trail back. It was starting to get a bit dark out.

"yeah, that stuff sounds like fun." Lauren agreed with Awen's interest. "Well I like anime and video games as well, manga and graphic novels both. I love music, art, drawing, studying science, and hanging out at the beach." She laughed at the last one, "It's true really! I'm not just making that up cause your scared and all."

She stopped for a bit to watch a colorful bird fly away. "heh, look" Thorn said as she pointed to the creature.

"But yeah, some things I'm still learning. Nearly two years of my life was just spent surviving and I didn't have time for me." A wide smile crept across her face just knowing things weren't like that anymore.

Lauren shrugged actually enjoying that she didn't scare Awen off. She wondered how in the hell that happened. "It's ok, most people don't. I did run away so it's all myself to blame."

She also felt happy that Awen was realising the doc was indeed a good person. "yeah, he's great to us really. Gives ya anything you could ask for. He could of just locked us up in some cage with the bare necessities but he spends lots to keep us happy, even if he did kidnap us all. And I bet you will get rid of you fear of water though I'm sorry you had to leave all you had behind." Lauren did have one... friend that came to her mind. Fire. Awen kind of reminded her of Fire in a weird opposing way, she was water even though she feared it. Lauren wondered if Fire ever was afraid of... well fire.

Dumb thought, she wasn't afraid of Thorns.

And thinking of that, her boot lace caught into a briar patch. She tugged the thorns free not even being careful of cutting her hands which started to bleed. Wiping her hands on her shorts she moved on as if nothing happened.