A Typical Day [Open]

"To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you."

~Alena Aaron~

Alena knew she was poor there was no point in denying it. She'd lived in the Seam her whole life. Her mother and sister dead. That was why she'd had to resort to slipping under the fence to hunt and trading at the Hob. It was her only way to keep herself and her poor dad fed. Her father had plenty of issues, she'd even considered running away, but when it came right down to it he was her father, and he was so beaten down from working in the mines he needed her help.

She crawled back under the fences, careful not to snag her clothes or her bag on the wire. Once safely under the two-foot gap in the old fences she stood up and brushed herself off and headed back toward the Seam. Her bag was heavy with todays good haul. She'd gotten a turkey and a rabbit, as well as plenty of plants she could grind into medicine for Ness's mother. Of course she was still keeping her eye out for the special plant that was so elusive, the tiny leaflet that could be able to heal her friend's mother. Alena figured her father would be in the mines for another two hours or so. She mine as well just head home and start dinner or something. Finally she entered into the town, Alena watched the others passing by, she watched carefully for any peacekeepers that might feel the need to ask her what she had in her bag.