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The way the woman's eyes were blank was just creepy. Even with her flailing her hand in front of her face she didn't flinch, didn't blink, didn't focus. Why was she doing that? How was she doing it? Erzulie cocked her head before dropping her hands. It reminded her of the chicken she accidentally killed and then resurrected and then died again. The eyes were like that. Was she a resurrected luperci? She knew it could happen to chickens, but she had no idea it could happen to her own kind.
“Wow, what a thing...” she whispered somewhat unintelligibly to herself. She was astonished at the idea. Think of all the possibilities. “But ya don' twitch and flail...” Again the words were more for her own benefit than Hotaru's. No, she wasn't flinging around and running like mad. Maybe se wasn't exactly like the zombie chicken?
In the middle of her thought a bone chilling screech sliced the air and some dark demon swooped in from above. Erzulie bristled, every hair on end, and leaped back. Her arms flew up in front of her face as if to protect but no mighty blow came. Instead, when she moved her hands, she saw the bird perched on Hotaru's shoulder. Anger flashed in her sunburst eyes and she glared at the misfit. “Hey! Ya don' know what I can do to your kind!” she threatened the bird, somewhat comically, while straightening her stance so the chicken skull she wore around her neck showed.
About then Juliet and Titania's dad showed up. The bird lost her attention as he walked over to them. She knew his daughters well but hadn't had many long encounters with him. When he messed up her name she harrumphed. She was close friends with his girls, the alpha's daughter, and her father had pup-sat for him many times, yet he could learn her name. “It's er-ZUL-ee.” She said to him like he was deaf.
“So, who're you anyway?” she asked Hotaru. “Yeah, there's lotsa houses around here. You can see for yourself.” She waved her hand, still completely uncomprehending of Hotaru's blindness. “There's a few really[i cool ones in the shopping quarter. Really creepy with a lotta power...”
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