06-17-2008, 08:48 AM
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If Umbra had been surprised before, it was nothing compared to now. Had she never even met one of the freaks? He stared at her, mostly in wonder, but also in slight disbelief and... strangely enough, hope. But then he shook himself and smiled, a little apologetically.
"I'm sorry," he said. "It's just that I've never really met anyone before who didn't at least know of them. It seems to me they're everywhere. They can change their shape. Grow larger, or become two-legged, their front paws changing shape too, becoming long and toe-separated. So they use tools." The last word was uttered with a slight hint of disgust. "Most that came over the mountains seem to be of that kind, yes. I'm not, however."
Her words seemed to indicate she was a native to these lands, and Umbra found himself wondering if indeed there had been no freaks here before the fire up north? But wait, no. That... Red something. He'd also been here since before the fire, hadn't he?
If Umbra had been surprised before, it was nothing compared to now. Had she never even met one of the freaks? He stared at her, mostly in wonder, but also in slight disbelief and... strangely enough, hope. But then he shook himself and smiled, a little apologetically.
"I'm sorry," he said. "It's just that I've never really met anyone before who didn't at least know of them. It seems to me they're everywhere. They can change their shape. Grow larger, or become two-legged, their front paws changing shape too, becoming long and toe-separated. So they use tools." The last word was uttered with a slight hint of disgust. "Most that came over the mountains seem to be of that kind, yes. I'm not, however."
Her words seemed to indicate she was a native to these lands, and Umbra found himself wondering if indeed there had been no freaks here before the fire up north? But wait, no. That... Red something. He'd also been here since before the fire, hadn't he?