Cináed was out wandering the streets again. This time, he was keeping to the less crowded areas, having gotten fed up with the many people.577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9e28th2qFp
Neoma was exiting the blacksmith’s, an obviously newly made knife being placed in her sash. Only, this time, another cloaked girl, the cloak being much too big on the girls small frame, was with her, and there was no cat at her side.
Cináed had been heading down that way again himself, and caught sight of her as she left. “Hey, Neoma.”
“Hey.” She nodded to him, and pulled her hand back into her cloak.577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3zVDHOMfjn
”New weapon?” Then he glanced at the girl with her, and his eyebrows went up. Neoma nodded, shrugging up her shoulders a bit.”Don’t use weapons, myself,” he said cheerily. “Gonna take a guess and say you’re Luna?”577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6GctDujHjR
“Don’t have to, prefer to,” Neoma mumbled. 577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRhhcBhYY1
Luna grinned and nodded, some of her brown-blond hair slipping out from under her hood. She had only met him as an ocelot, he still smelled funny….577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrn1NYBkkU
“Never liked ‘em. They interfere with shifting.” He grinned back at the familiar.577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9ll93bTEn
”How so?” Her black eyes darted to him for a moment, then back to the ground.577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnHU70V63O
“I can’t change them. And if I shift into something small, like, say, a bird, I’d have to drop and abandon it. Plus, some types of metals can mess with my magic, so…”577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPiB7CMPEV
”Oh. Makes sense.” She shrugged. “Can’t use shadows in towns and such, so I use weapons. Another reason why Earth sucks.”577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxRDRCWvu1m
He shrugged back. “Eh, I like it. Overall, a nice place.”577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXtWqVZ28La
She looked of to the side, then turned to Luna. “Hold this,” she said, and handed her the new knife.577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTT7694NRDp
”?!” Luna barely caught it as Neoma dashed off for a moment, her hood falling in the process.577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ348HnPrwr
Cináed blinked after her. “What’s she up to?”577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvheSzr3Q7
“I don’t know…” Luna turned to him, her dark blue eyes hitting his for a few seconds.577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VAGsTttMs
He shrugged. “Well, anyway, nice to actually speak to you this time.”577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVeSHuT94Hw
She giggled a bit. “Thanks!” Then she looked back at the dagger.577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡActsmmXDZy
”Looks fancy,” he commented, motioning toward the weapon in her grasp.577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrUsbZLssz
”She spent a lot of money to get it made fast…” Luna’s eyes hit his again, this time lighter blue sparkles visible as the light hit her eyes.577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxnGBa1zhw
“Still, not bad-looking.” He wasn’t looking at the object this time, but was instead meeting her eyes with a light grin.577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlC9kNpoNLU
“It’s Neom-” She got cut off when someone passed her, hitting her shoulder in the process (humans are rude) and causing her to squeak and drop the knife.577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4JzKNTZrTN
Cináed rolled his eyes at the guy. “Moron…” He reached down to pick it up. Then, as his hand closed around it, he went stiff, a low hiss forcing its way out between clenched teeth. He instantly dropped it and staggered back, then his eyes flashed blue and his form seemed to shimmer a bit as he lost his weak hold on his magic.577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EDspCe0CW
”Um…are you okay?” She tilted her head bit to the side, going down to pick up the knife. Her eyes didn’t leave him as she did, however, and she fell back when his form started to shimmer. Then, abruptly, a young blonde girl was standing in his place, looking absolutely bewildered.
