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Eris Eternity · 07-27-2010, 03:22 AM

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Word Count :: 422 Dude, I hate crickets. |: Also, I really really like that table. Big Grin

Eris had seen very little in the way of other canines the time she had spent away from Inferni; she had come to this very place since it was so far from home, but she had not realized it was so tucked away from packs, either. The sable-shaded hybrid had just gotten lucky in that respect, and so weeks had passed without the Equites having spoken a single word to another living being. Maybe that had made her a little crazy, maybe it had made her a little stronger—weeks of isolation and contemplation with no one but oneself for company could go either way. It could destroy and cause damage, and it could strengthen and fill in the cracks. Eris hadn't come across any particular revelations either way—she was still stuck, she was still lost in the interim. Her mother would give her nothing.

There was no attachment or affinity within the shadow-furred canine for the sea; she was not like her mother, the woman who craved and mirrored the sea and derived strength from it. She did not remember the first Inferni territory so well—it was little more than sand and ocean in her mind. Eterne had not been so far from the sea, but it was a landlocked city, and the shadowy woman had not suffered at the lack of direct access to the ocean. It was pretty to look at sometimes, but beyond that, Eris did not know what to make of the ocean. She had never been on a boat, and she did not think she would like it. So much as thinking of traveling across the wide ocean made her stomach roll.

She hadn't caught the sounds of the other canine's approach, of course—off in her own world and unexpecting of company, the sable-shaded woman was taken by surprised by the time she finally noticed the strange-looking canine. Eris did not know what to make of this one—she had seen dogs in her life a few times, but she did not recognize those traits in this black and white canine. “Hi,” she said, responding just as awkwardly. Something in her yearned for companionship despite all of the seething bitterness; this woman did not look like anything that belonged in Inferni. Maybe that was what Eris needed. “Um. Long way from home, too?” she said, turning to face the other canine fully. She reached her hand up and behind her head, scratching behind her ear and looking at the ground after she'd spoken.

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