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Liam followed as instructed, walking swiftly down the stairs after Haucon, his long legs trying hard not to skip steps. He looked over to Haucon and then back at the oddly warm cat in his arms that made no move to escape. "In an alleyway," he said in his quiet voice. He wasn't even sure how he'd actually found the cat, it was more along the lines of how the cat found Liam.

Liam looked down at the cat when Haucon offered to go get some milk, and in response the cat looked up at him with hauntingly green eyes, letting out a 'meow'. "It might be hungry.." he said, "And no, it doesn't have a tag or a collar or anything," he said, his voice remaining quiet. He could feel Haucon's need to fill the gap between them, even if it was only because they would be traveling with each other. Liam watched the bright street lamps as they passed them, fading from dark to light to dark again in a matter of yards walked. When Haucon offered him a cigarette, he glanced down at his arms quickly, remembering the scars that he had made from burning himself with similar items. But he accepted one anyway, not wanting to seem rude in any way, even if refusing a cigarette wasn't exactly rude.

Liam looked into the angel's eyes for a couple seconds before staring down at the slightly dirty black cat, who seemed to be quite comfortable where it was. "I don't know what I would name it," he said, "I don't even know if it's a boy or a girl..."

The heavy scents of take-out reached Haucon's nostrils and he smiled despite himself. He looked up at the sign on the front: Lucky Panda Express Takeout illuminated in neon. He glanced at the others before ducking through the door to the counter with the little water fountain and maneki neko (good luck cat). The same pretty girl was at the counter, but Haucon didn't even notice her this time, as he stood salivating and trying to decide what to get. He stared at the little white beckoning cat on the counter and then at the one in Liam's arms. "Or 'Lucky'" He said to Liam laughing a bit.

Haucon looked up at the board reading it, and thinking to himself. Let's see there's 6 of us, and I know I'm really hungry, and Dream and Leila are trying to regain strength, so they'll need lots of food. he thought, trying to justify himself. He stepped up to the counter. "I think we'll take a quart of vegetable lo mein, a pint each of general tsao's, mixed vegetables, kim chi, spicy beef with broccoli, and steamed dumplings." he announced. The girl's eyes went wide. Haucon turned to Holly and Liam. "You guys think we'll want anything else?" he asked as the young woman punched the numbers into the cash register.

Holly giggled at the girl's expression, not in the least bit offended that Liam had named the cat Lucky. "Not especially.... I haven't had much experience in asian food outside of instant ramen, rice, and fortune cookies."

She grinned, "Dessert would be very good. There's nothing like a good, sweet dessert to revitalize energy."

She nodded and bit her lip. "Yeah, that is a long history." Looking down at her hands, she laced and unlaced her fingers together, a habit. She looked over at Dream again, a small smile on her face. "I don't really know anything about myself. I woke up in a care center after I was attacked by an angel. Before that, I don't really remember anything. Like, I can fight, I know that much and I know I hate thunder...thats about all I know of myself." She reached up and began to toy with her locket, another habit she had.