Frantic, she stumbled to her knees and stretched for her coins, but whoever had run into her was faster. Like lightening, they scooped up her money and jumped to their feet.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRxFhuAYin
"H-hey! Thief!" she scrambled toward the young boy who must have been no more than six or seven years old. She grabbed him by the shoulders and turned him around to face her, pulling at his clenched hands and trying to pry her gils from him. "Let go of my money!" she whined desperately. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEMdEvZDg6
The boy pulled back in protest, his fingers intertwined. It was like trying to break apart rocks. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzVkRCYD1B
The crowd circled around the pair, watching wearily as they fought. They didn't try to help, but whispered to one another and kept out of their way until the purple armored soldiers broke through. They were all older men with the same expression of displeasure. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡftTvITsD4W
At the same time the soldiers arrived, a wiry haired chunky woman wormed her way through the crowd, throwing herself onto the boy. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRN7QJy4tT7
"Oh Almos, my son! Where have you been? I've been looking everywhere for you!" The woman professed in an overdramatic, rehearsed manner, clinging to the young boy and looking him over as if had definitely been hurt. "Oh thank goodness you haven’t been harmed! That animan could be crawling with diseases!" She shot an accusing look at the confused girl, her heavy mascara running down her cheeks. But the chunky woman didn't stare for long. Soon her eyes were back at her boy, and they wouldn't look at the animan girl again. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVuqA1Kj8xN
The girl shook her head. "Excuse me! Your son was stealing from me!" She gave another tough yank at his hands, anxious to get her money back before any more trouble could come running toward her. Without this money she would starve, or die of thirst. This money was all she had left. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlsQ3FPRsXB
By this time, the crowd had frozen around the scene to watch and the guards stayed as they were. They were only guards; Virgion blood is incapable of following a vocation.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGywr36rOY
The blubber mother dug her nails into the young girl’s skin, forcing her to let the boy go with a yelp. "Ha, childish animen such as yourself with this many gils? Who are you trying to fool?" The mother pulled her son away, baring her teeth. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NYslpVhZJ
"Who am I trying to fool?" the girl muttered under her breath, offended. "I am fooling no one. Just ask the vender over there!" she pointed to the scaly bread baker. "He surely saw the whole thing; we even spoke moments before your son attempted to rob me!" 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBr41ieGBto
"All accusations, animan brat!" 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4bDms2xJj
"Please, madam," a soldier finally cut off the vile mother. "Let the animan girl speak." 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdU1FVGqRBb
The girl sucked in a breath and stated as sincerely as she could. "He is a witness, sir. He could vouch for me, I know it." She locked eyes with the vendor, telling him in their animan language: "Please, help me. It's all I have."627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEHZO3zzdT
They all quieted and turned toward the baker. He slithered at them in return, a sly smile spreading across his lips as he gave the girl a slinky nod. She shut her eyes, relief finally calming her racing heart. He would tell everyone the truth and she would finally get her gils back, then everything would return to peace. The soldiers would do what they please with the boy and his wretched mother. All the baker had to do was clear up this misunderstanding. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUM3bGc1Fa1
"That girl didn't even have enough money to purchase a loaf of bread."627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2f4fKKYXT
She gasped in disbelief at what everyone had just heard. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLibO0SqzHG
The crowd burst into raging whispers as the mother cackled, snatching the money from the hands of the boy and tucking it underneath her protruding breasts. "She obviously attempted to steal from my son! Carry her off then guards, that's all the proof you need! Put the Animan brat behind bars for thievery!"627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFtG8LK88C
As a guard gruffly took the young girl’s arms, she continued to stare at the vendor who betrayed her. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsNrQP9KxM
Having caught her glare, he smiled wider and waved goodbye. In his eyes was victory. He only did it to spite her for not buying his bread. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL8Li5AUyj6
She grimaced as the guard pulled her away, hoping to never see the man again. His fleeting victory, his pride in having been able to take revenge for such a small dispute, was a feeling she never hoped to personally experience.
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