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"you?" he asked.
Midnight Snacks // One on One w/ @Starry
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"Call me Arie." She didn't give people her full name.
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Skye nodded, watching her.
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Arie reached into her pocket. She pulled out a light blue amulet. She held it to the sun. It sent a strange pattern to the ground.
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Skye saw it, studying it carefully, tucking his back in his shirt.
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The patterns soon formed scenes; they were Darling's memories.
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Skye leaned forward to watch with interest.
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It started with a litter of brothers and sisters; they were all normal dogs. Playing with her littermates, laying with them against her mother. Then, a gentle hand picking her up; a car, and the searching for her siblings. Then, older, on the farm; an accident, poison. Whimpering in the corner, losing her hair, her form. Shunned, abandoned. Growing larger. Screaming. A girl, Arie, stepping in, blood on her chin. Placing her hand on Darling's chest, then, the soul coming away.
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Skye nodded in understanding, looking to Darling for a moment.
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Arie put the amulet back into her pocket. Darling put her muzzle on Arie shoulder.
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Skye nodded, his features softening, he still didn't speak, mutual understanding in the air.
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Arie leaned her head on Darling.
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Skye sighed getting up to pace.
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"We were both alone," was all she said.
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Arie looked up at Skye.
"Why are you doing that?"
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Skye nodded to her words before pacing some more. Update from a friend… he told her, Things back home…
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"Oh. Good or bad?"
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In between… he said distractedly, his face emotionless.
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Arie nodded. She went back to petting Darling.
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Skye continued pacing, eventually sighing, sitting back down and rubbing his temples.
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Arie glanced over at Skye.
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Skye sighed again, muttering something about idiots, stupid council members, and not being fit for the job.
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Okay then, Arie thought.
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Skye flopped back with an exasperated sigh. "I hate you" he muttered aloud.
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"Um… Okay, that's pretty understandable," Arie said.
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"Not you" he said, "My father."
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"Oh. Well then, I can still understand. Kinda." Arie shrugged.
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Skye's eyes widened a little at something in his head, and he rubbed his temples some more, a little bit of his aura appearing as he shut his eyes tight so he could mentally yell something back.
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Arie's eyebrow shot up.
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Skye kept that up for a full 10 minutes. the auras flaring occasionally.