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.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRke5M5uh0
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.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxiPIjRjrD
”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?”578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOLRdBpCxF
“Don’t have to, prefer to,” Neoma mumbled. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gNX1X7xPY
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….578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFaj7Y8dOW
“Never liked ‘em. They interfere with shifting.” He grinned back at the familiar.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVvnEi11lM
”How so?” Her black eyes darted to him for a moment, then back to the ground.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mnfiVdb4x
“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…”578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBIXU1Sj91h
”Oh. Makes sense.” She shrugged. “Can’t use shadows in towns and such, so I use weapons. Another reason why Earth sucks.”578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vKeFleVGp
He shrugged back. “Eh, I like it. Overall, a nice place.”578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUT2PG8Hlor
She looked of to the side, then turned to Luna. “Hold this,” she said, and handed her the new knife.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2WP8MYD6b
”?!” Luna barely caught it as Neoma dashed off for a moment, her hood falling in the process.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JtUzWXYmZ
Cináed blinked after her. “What’s she up to?”578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDXlKRjILo
“I don’t know…” Luna turned to him, her dark blue eyes hitting his for a few seconds.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡknxKUrHk8r
He shrugged. “Well, anyway, nice to actually speak to you this time.”578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0PcUnPpK5
She giggled a bit. “Thanks!” Then she looked back at the dagger.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcMmyusHf5
”Looks fancy,” he commented, motioning toward the weapon in her grasp.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrZT6ZeDIw
”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.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgf6MI8jMmc
“Still, not bad-looking.” He wasn’t looking at the object this time, but was instead meeting her eyes with a light grin.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XoGeUJjL0
“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.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKf2oGpRIa4
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.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfyyIfnIeTc
”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.
