An Avox Arrives (Sarella)

The Peacekeeper smiles a bit, and shakes his hand. "Yes, yes," He says, loving the appreciation he was getting. Meanwhile Silence just looks up at the tall man (to her) and examines him. He hadn't seemed to notice her just yet, so she didn't move and thought about him. Was he nice? She was a bit scared of him, as he was a stranger. Of course, she had met many strangers in the past few weeks. Most were very unfriendly to her, but she had met a few who pitied her because of her age. She just didn't understand. Why did holding up her fingers "four" make some people gasp, and some people shake their heads, annoyed at her? Her guess was as good as a newborn rat's.

"You requested a virgin," The peacekeepers says, breaking into her thoughts, and he chuckles a little. Guiding her little hand forward a bit, he moves her closer to him, and nods down at her. "Her name is Silence," he says. He backs up quickly, as though to get away from what might happen after dropping off the highly unwated person, and hurries off in the direction of his workplace. Silence watches him leave, then looks at the stranger. Now what would he do?

Silence rubs her arms slowly when the stranger starts looking weird. She gazes up at him in wonder. Why did he look so surprised? Suddenly he snaps his expression off, and into a smile. Silence leans backwards a bit on her heels. "Hey, you," he says. Her eyes dart around to looking at plants and whotnot, avoiding looking at him. She didn't know him and she didnt exactly want to. She wanted her daddy, but he was long gone from her. Seeing her mommy again would be like seeing a mermaid, and she knew it well. She'd watched her mommy die. She didn't understand at first, until someone actually told her.

The stranger bends over and she takes a step back, then freezes her body in a tense, shy way. Silence was scared, and she didn't like being scared. Being scared made her heart beat feel strange, and her skin crawl. "How was your day today?" The stranger asks her. Inside, she thinks about how much she despised today. Someone had come and gotten her, and forced her to go somewhere without even asking if she wanted to! It reminded her too much oof what her mommy and daddy did, and how that resulted in her getting hurt. She shakes her head in reply to the question. No, her day hadn't been all to good.

The stranger picks Silence up and she immediately shakes her head, scared. Why was he holding her? He sets her down and she scratches her neck. She didn’t exactly like that. She looks up at the stranger and thinks about him for a bit. Soon, he asks, “Sorry, would you prefer to walk?” She shakes her head quickly, yes. When he holds the door open for her, she takes a few little steps into the house, and looks around. It was so big! She gazes around, looking around her. It was so much bigger than the little room she’d stayed in with a few other people who couldn’t talk, like her.

She looks behind her at the stranger and waits for him. Was this really his house? Her dad lived in an apartment, so she had never actually been inside a very big house before. Could it even be called a house? Maybe not, she didn’t exactly know what to think. She was sleepy, confused, but excited at the same time. A very interesting mixture, certainly.