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Tag: Chapter 11.5
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“Oh god,” the girl sobbed. She moved forward, ready to give Minor a hug, but he stopped her with a hand on her shoulder. He didn’t speak, but only turned to Lisa.
Not one for affection with strangers, I guess.
“Don’t thank him. Thank her.” Lisa looked my way. “We wouldn’t have gone out of our way to help if she hadn’t been stubborn.”
Ooh, how is Taylor going to handle this? :3
Before I had a chance to respond, the girl threw her arms around me, hugging me tight.
😀
Lisa motioned to Minor, and he headed off to join Senegal in guard duty, leaving the rest of us alone. Better, probably, if the girl’s state left her uncomfortable or spooked around guys.
Ah, yeah, that would make sense. Although to be fair, she did just try to hug the guy.
We headed into a hallway that branched off into a side entrance and bathrooms, but the rubble blocking the door and the lack of water in the bathrooms left little purpose for the area beyond being a quieter spot, away from the party. Lisa signaled, and Senegal moved to stand guard at the entrance.
Nice, got a bit of a calm spot here.
The hallway now held only Minor, Lisa, me and the rescued girl, along with two small groups of younger people. There was a couple making out at the far end of the hallway, getting hot and heavy, oblivious to their audience. Nearer to us, in the alcove that led to the out-of-order bathrooms, there was a trio of teenagers that were so plastered with drink that they couldn’t sit upright. Empty bottles were scattered around them. It was as much privacy as we’d get.
Honestly, it’s more than I’d expect you to be able to find.
And hey, you’re lucky enough that neither group seems to be paying attention.
Minor put the girl down, and she immediately shrank back, getting her feet under her as if ready to bolt.
Again, completely understandable.
“You’re safe,” Lisa assured her. “We’re not doing anything to you.”
I wouldn’t blame her for not believing this, but let’s hope she does.
The girl wiped at her eye with the back of one hand, smearing thick eyeshadow and eyeliner across her temple. “But-”
“She’s right,” Minor spoke, standing, “You’re as safe as you’re gonna get for the next little while.”
I suppose it does help that she’s hearing this from both the big scary guy and the girl following him around.
How many people had joined the Merchants after everything went to hell? One in two hundred of the people who’d declined to evacuate the city? One in a hundred? One in fifty? How many of these people had been ordinary citizens until civilization broke down?
And how many of them were like this all along, just below the surface?
Had I passed any of these people on the street while going about my day?
Entirely possible. Hell, maybe you’d just think they were “slightly awkward people with poor sense of boundaries”.
We legged it in making distance from there, and the girl screamed and kicked the entire way.
Unsurprising. It’s not like she knows why this huge, scary man just disrupted the show to “buy” her.
People around us laughed and hooted. I couldn’t make out everything that was said, but there were lewd comments and dirty remarks cast our way.
Of course. At least they seem to be taking it well. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
I was swiftly losing faith in humanity. Not that I had much to spare.
Wow, you had some left of that stuff?
Taylor’s faith in humanity has been pretty low since the start. (Honestly, that’s another point in favor of Taylor’s villainous potential.) And over the course of the story, she’s been through experiences that took it down even further, notably coming to a head in Extermination 8.8.
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