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Her thoughts drifted, focusing in on her membership here. Myrika had been direly warned of this place, but she dared to say now that she enjoyed it here. The territory was more than enjoyable; Eira could attest to that. Myrika herself felt almost as if she had found her place, though she was still very much a stranger in some ways. At times, though, it was an easy thing to forget -- such as now, sitting alone in the quiet of these overgrown gardens. The air was still tinged with the summer sweetness of the many plants that had bloomed here. These were the last few days to enjoy it, and Myrika would do her best.
Her thoughts were interrupted by a blur of motion in the corner of her eye, alarm flooding through her. She thought the figure must be a ghost, some spirit come to haunt her. This idea was replaced when she turned her head to see the grayish figure there. Like so many others here, her muzzle was splashed with red -- as Myrika's own was, she knew. This girl looked almost wholly coyote, though -- there did not seem to be a trace of hybrid in her, though the Vigiles could not say for sure, as she was hardly an expert. Her eyes were not dissimilar from Myrika's own, excepting their far bluer hue.
Ah, hey, the hybrid said, shifting on the stump uncomfortably. There was a splash of darkness to this one, and Myrika did rather think she was pretty, with her short crop of dark hair. It fell to the sides of those strikingly bright eyes, and the russet hybrid felt almost as if she might wither under that look, though it was not for the woman's fierceness of gaze, but its warmth and inner light.
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