The stranger was the first to speak. Meerkat looked at him blearily, suddenly realizing just how vulnerable she was right now. She was outnumbered by men who might not have the friendliest of intentions. Furthermore, there was a bear out there somewhere with a taste for her family’s blood.
She sucked her lower lip into her mouth and tried to blink her vision clear, watery gaze sweeping to Val and back to the swarthy man with eyes that reminded her of her older son. He asked her if she was hurt, then offered a name and a listening ear.
Yes, she wanted to say, I’m hurting. But that much was painfully obvious.
She sucked her lower lip into her mouth and tried to blink her vision clear, watery gaze sweeping to Val and back to the swarthy man with eyes that reminded her of her older son. He asked her if she was hurt, then offered a name and a listening ear.
Yes, she wanted to say, I’m hurting. But that much was painfully obvious.
No,Meerkat mumbled,
thank you… but…She sighed, then hiccuped before completing her thought.
There’s nothing anyone can do,she said quietly, looking away, eyes downcast.
-Signing.- | "Speaking." | -"Signing & speaking."- | "Mouthing (inaudible)." | Thoughts.
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we used to be close but people can go from people you know to people you don’t - by Meerkat - January 19, 2023, 04:49 PM
RE: we used to be close but people can go from people you know to people you don’t - by Lestan - January 19, 2023, 06:28 PM
RE: we used to be close but people can go from people you know to people you don’t - by Val - January 19, 2023, 06:32 PM
RE: we used to be close but people can go from people you know to people you don’t - by Meerkat - January 19, 2023, 06:55 PM
RE: we used to be close but people can go from people you know to people you don’t - by Lestan - January 19, 2023, 07:02 PM
RE: we used to be close but people can go from people you know to people you don’t - by Val - January 19, 2023, 07:08 PM
RE: we used to be close but people can go from people you know to people you don’t - by Meerkat - January 19, 2023, 07:16 PM
RE: we used to be close but people can go from people you know to people you don’t - by Lestan - January 22, 2023, 01:56 PM
RE: we used to be close but people can go from people you know to people you don’t - by Val - January 25, 2023, 09:58 AM
RE: we used to be close but people can go from people you know to people you don’t - by Meerkat - January 25, 2023, 11:04 AM
RE: we used to be close but people can go from people you know to people you don’t - by Lestan - January 30, 2023, 06:39 PM
RE: we used to be close but people can go from people you know to people you don’t - by Val - February 01, 2023, 10:20 AM
RE: we used to be close but people can go from people you know to people you don’t - by Lestan - February 10, 2023, 04:01 PM
RE: we used to be close but people can go from people you know to people you don’t - by Val - February 11, 2023, 02:49 PM