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Myrika is by me!
There was no answer to her knock. The tawny woman stood there hesitantly, waiting for a response, and when none came, her ears pressed nearly flat into her thick mop of mahogany hair. She shifted her weight from one foot to the other, contemplating a second knock. Perhaps Halo was sleeping, though -- if this was the case, Myrika did not wish to wake her. Still, she had to eat -- food was strength, and Halo would not regain hers unless she ate.
Against her better instincts, the hybrid turned the tarnished brass handle and pushed open the door, the wood groaning against the frame. Perhaps one or the other had warped from long years of neglect and misuse -- whatever the case, it was good, for some of the doors were missing handles and did not stay closed without assistance. The door of her shop was one such door, and she had a medium-sized stone just inside the door for this precise reason.
Her long skirt swished against her legs. The thin and supple leather felt nice, and she enjoyed the hell out of having pockets. They were about the most useful thing ever invented, Myrika thought, and she had taken to wearing the skirt aroung the village for precisely this reason. One downfall of it, however, came when she tried to ride a horse -- wide and flowing as it was, it still made sitting a saddle difficult. She'd have to try again with a different material, or perhaps a different length. It was good to cover her body, she thought.
Halo faced away from her, and the hybrid hesitated once inside, creeping forward a moment later. The rabbit still dangled from her hand, and the hybrid contemplated just setting it down and running away. It was easier that way -- it was always easier to avoid confrontation, wasn't it? To do so was not liege to her friend, however; the mahogany-haired woman knew this without a doubt. So she did set the rabbit down and placed a hand on Halo's shoulder, the touch feather-light as not to startle her into wakefulness. Halo? she murmured.
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