Word Count → 234 :: OOC here!
The slave's silence was met with a look of frustration. She did not squeal, or make any sort of protest. It was only dirt, sure, but Ataxia expected something more. Frustration changed to surprise when a hand was placed on her shoulder and given a gentle squeeze. The unexpectedness of it caused her to not resist when her arm was pulled away.
Ataxia did not know how to react. From someone like her mother or sister, the gesture might have been welcome - but a slave? Even to the lowest of Salsola, she did not want to show weakness. As she was taught and still believed, slaves had no soul. What did a soulless creature understand of grief?
She saw it as insubordination. The girl's eyes narrowed, treating her to a scowl. For a moment she had forgotten that Wander might be blind, and so assumed that would be all that was needed to dissuade her. All thoughts of pranking and trick-playing were gone now; she was in no mood to play. A cruel urge welled up inside her, and Ataxia would hurt this slave - if she was given the chance. Here, among the ruins, however, she was unlikely to get one. Too many witnesses, and she didn't even know who owned this one, or if anyone truly did.
"Who is your master?" The dark hybrid asked, a slight edge in her words.
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