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"Well... you may be lucky, sometimes, to not see with your eyes what the world has come to. I know you can feel it, hear it, and see with your mind.... it's all the more terrifying when you add what your eyes see." She sighed against his neck. "I miss happier times. But at least we have each other, right?"

A couple of misfits, alone in this world. To her, the thought was actually pleasant.

Miranda was lucky, to have a seat somewhat close to the window. If she drew herself up slightly, she could see the rustic scenery passing by. And she saw that they were entering the woods, bumping along a long forgotten road. She assumed that it had been decent once, but now it was bumpy, and it had never been paved, like the other roads.

"We're taking a scenic route!" The driver called, his voice rough and gritty.

Miranda shuddered slightly, then looked at the company she was keeping. They were all like her: rugged, worn, tired, cramped. And yet, amidst all of the people like her, she was alone.

 
He huffed. "Im not afraid of what I would see. I already know how bad it is- I do not need to see it for myself to believe it. You act as if I am clueless to what is going on around me, when in truth I may just be the least blind in the forest."

He sighed, and nodded, accpeting it as fact and nothing he could do anything about.

 
"I wasn't trying to call you clueless," she said, her voice suddenly cold. "Don't misconstrue what I say to you, all right?" Frustrated, she climbed down the tree, fuming. Once at the bottom, she sat down, pulling her knees to her chest. And with that, she glared at a point in space ahead of her.

Miranda could feel the carriage start to lurch to a stop, and nearly all of the passengers got out, taking the small path up to a small village like area. But Miranda stayed inside. Her destination was nowhere near the forest.

 
Jade had been very moody as of late, probably because she hadn't been eating like she was supposed to, nor had she been sleeping very well. She didn't tell Croy because she didn't want to bother him, however she also knew she was making the situation more tense by not telling him. If she was sick, though, she would rather just pretend she was okay. She hated visiting the doctor, because of the experimentation she had been through. She rubbed the back of her neck, where the blue tattoo containing her experiment number was located. No, she would try to nurse herself back to health.

Miranda suddenly felt herself being yanked out of the carriage by the sleeve of her tattered coat, and roughly pushed to the ground. She could hear the other passengers crying, the few that were left. The small group was being herded, then removed of any valuable possesions they had on their person. Luckily for Miranda, she had nothing but her clothes. But she should have known that the carriage men were thieves. Nobody else drove a carriage.

But as the other passngers fled toward the city, Miranda simply stood there, gazing into the forest. She would have to walk the rest of the way, or find some way to stay in the woods.

 
"Sissy." He whispered. "My sis."

Croy knew. He smelt the sick on her- its wasn't anything overpowering, anything terribly bad, but it was something that needed to be taken care of. It would get worse if she didn't eat, it wouldn't get better if she didn't sleep. However, now was not the best time to bring it up, he was sure- She would only become more upset, and might even storm off some place where he would have ot search for her. For the time being, it was best to keep her under a watchful eye- metaphorically, of course.

The last of the poor passengers to be mugged was the one by the window, who had kept to himself and had taken up as little room as possible. The poor guy was beaten to a pulp- something he had stored in the side pocket of his jacket had caught the thiefs attention, and when the man wouldn't give it up, they continued to beat him until he could no longer move, let alone keep his fingers around the poor object. It was a necklace- it looked like a dog tag, but something on it- a jewel of sorts- caused it to stand out. Pleased, the muggers threw the guy on the wide of the road and left without a second glance. Not quite unconcious, he lay in the cold air for some time, willing it to ether heal his body or kill him where he was.

 
Miranda stared at the man in horror, and turned to leave. She took one step, two.... She didn't think helping would be a good idea. What if he attacked her? Plus, he was all bloody and gross.... But then, she sighed, and turned back, kneeling down beside the man to see what she could do. She took a hankerchief out of her pocket, and tried cleaning out some of his wounds. "I'm sorry, this might hurt," she told him after the matter. Her voice had a strange velvety sound, mixed with slight richness not intended for one her age. It was supposed to come with maturity, after a long life. But she had sorrowed much, and seen many dreadful things during her seemingly short life. And so she was, in a sense, partially hardened by the world.

 
He shook his head. "You go get her."

As she approached, he cringed- though he had been wishing for an end, the though of it actually arriving awoke the underlying fear in all humans of what was to be. That, and her certainly didn't want the job to be finished by those thugs who had taken him out in the first place.

When it was a young girl who was taking care of him, though- that was a different story. However, unable to talk because the beating had taken away his voice, he only nodded slightly to aknowledge her attempt. Perfectly still, he only sighed when the sting shot through his body.

 
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