Docks, and the stinking water that heralded in the port made her grumpy, but not so grumpy as what she watched from the edge of the alley way, hidden in the darkness still. She had slipped off the boat onto the dock just a few minutes before, having spent the time hidden in the cargo bay for the ride, just to sneak herself in without having to deal with many people. So when she heard the commotion in the alley way, she thought she should just move past, ignore it, and go find some doorway, or balcony to sleep on for the night. She should have kept walking.
Human children so probably just children, and then the slur. It was the slur that had her stop, and sink back into the shadows of the alley way, watching, waiting -- she didn't like the idea of what was playing out infront of her. Stupid children, they never did seem to learn that sometimes one needed to have inside thoughts and not all outside thoughts. Flea sniffed, not loud enough for just anyone to hear, but loud enough that someone with their sort of ears might hear.
She gave herself away, of course, because why not. She stepped into the alleyway, almost as if she melted out of the shadows themselves and picked up the cane off the stone, making sure she grabbed a few pebbles from the ground at the same time. She quickly made sure that all of them were well rounded, none hiding sharper than needed points as she walked forward to hand the man his cane back, offering it to him before another one of the children could try and kick it away again. There was no reason for them to be bothering the man, and she could thing of no reason as to why she felt the need to show up and offer the cane back from where it had been kicked to. She fully expected to be yelled at to mind her own business, but for what ever reason, the situation didn't feel right to her. She wasn't about to walk away and have it potentially escalate that parents of the naughty children showed up and decide to take retribution.
[color=#2ecc40]"I think this is yours."[/color]
She ignored the children all together. She knew better than to engage them, how quickly it could turn -- she had traveled enough in the past six months to know better. So barring one of them taking a swing at either of them, she would follow the stranger's lead in ignoring them all together. Besides, children were meant to be seen, not heard? Wasn't that some human saying or some nonsense?
Human children so probably just children, and then the slur. It was the slur that had her stop, and sink back into the shadows of the alley way, watching, waiting -- she didn't like the idea of what was playing out infront of her. Stupid children, they never did seem to learn that sometimes one needed to have inside thoughts and not all outside thoughts. Flea sniffed, not loud enough for just anyone to hear, but loud enough that someone with their sort of ears might hear.
She gave herself away, of course, because why not. She stepped into the alleyway, almost as if she melted out of the shadows themselves and picked up the cane off the stone, making sure she grabbed a few pebbles from the ground at the same time. She quickly made sure that all of them were well rounded, none hiding sharper than needed points as she walked forward to hand the man his cane back, offering it to him before another one of the children could try and kick it away again. There was no reason for them to be bothering the man, and she could thing of no reason as to why she felt the need to show up and offer the cane back from where it had been kicked to. She fully expected to be yelled at to mind her own business, but for what ever reason, the situation didn't feel right to her. She wasn't about to walk away and have it potentially escalate that parents of the naughty children showed up and decide to take retribution.
[color=#2ecc40]"I think this is yours."[/color]
She ignored the children all together. She knew better than to engage them, how quickly it could turn -- she had traveled enough in the past six months to know better. So barring one of them taking a swing at either of them, she would follow the stranger's lead in ignoring them all together. Besides, children were meant to be seen, not heard? Wasn't that some human saying or some nonsense?
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