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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCVm1nNsjx
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppi3ao8CVt
”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?”576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOJyCxKaVK
“Don’t have to, prefer to,” Neoma mumbled. 576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNPjMBa9nA
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….576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLs1daIp1Dd
“Never liked ‘em. They interfere with shifting.” He grinned back at the familiar.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3sLJfBdnx
”How so?” Her black eyes darted to him for a moment, then back to the ground.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZS5QxnRRq
“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…”576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFGLqhLWrZ
”Oh. Makes sense.” She shrugged. “Can’t use shadows in towns and such, so I use weapons. Another reason why Earth sucks.”576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRuHfM3BKA
He shrugged back. “Eh, I like it. Overall, a nice place.”576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCM6uHDXeLg
She looked of to the side, then turned to Luna. “Hold this,” she said, and handed her the new knife.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5cOft96Pnt
”?!” Luna barely caught it as Neoma dashed off for a moment, her hood falling in the process.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpskFCbB2A
Cináed blinked after her. “What’s she up to?”576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcE2ddcGcoR
“I don’t know…” Luna turned to him, her dark blue eyes hitting his for a few seconds.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6rmA3DPL8
He shrugged. “Well, anyway, nice to actually speak to you this time.”576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5jsPgqhls
She giggled a bit. “Thanks!” Then she looked back at the dagger.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUWtHyYlkh
”Looks fancy,” he commented, motioning toward the weapon in her grasp.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgExjRdXNu
”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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35SybLmHxF
“Still, not bad-looking.” He wasn’t looking at the object this time, but was instead meeting her eyes with a light grin.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Njt12jS6L
“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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtxqMAw10u
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOI2CzBkRx
”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.
