the devil never sleeps alone.

[Barrett]

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Sorry about the stupid long wait. ._. My muse went on strike ;~; I may have managed to bribe it back temporarily with caffeine >_>

Tracking on two legs was downright inconvenient compared to tracking on four. Scent trails persisted much longer on solid earth than they did in the transient mountain air, and with his snout over a metre higher than it was in the Natural form, he kept drifting off course. The combined effects of the nightly mountain and land breezes complicated things further — they carried Naniko's scent away from her pursuer down into the valley and out to sea. His gait slowed to a crawl as he frequently paused to stoop down and sniff at the ground. Fortunately as he continued southward, her trail grew enough in potency that he was able to pick up the pace.

As the distant drone of the crashing waves grew into a rhythmic clamour, he knew she was running out of ground. True, she could hug the coast and head up to investigate Anathema's northeastern border — or even divert southwest to visit Halifax — but these concerns became moot once he spotted her ghastly figure across the rocky plain of the beach. Barry barked questioningly to get her attention (although with the wind in her favour, he wouldn't be surprised if she'd smelt him already); it was a sound quiet enough not to disturb the peace of the sleepy mountain, but sufficiently loud to be heard over the raging ocean tides that desperately grasped for the Moon.

One darkly gloved arm rose to wave overhead and his tail swished behind him; then he jogged along to close the distance between them. Evenin', he greeted once they were in conversational distance. Sorry 'bout the late night visit; meant to swing by earlier but I got outta the city a little later than intended, he explained. Even in the pale light of the moon, the question on his face was obvious: was she down for some company, or did she just want to deal with him in the morning? Brought some ganja along if you wanna chill for a bit, he added, just in case that might sway her in his favour.

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