[Were Rosella in a slightly less stunned state of mind, she might recall that she's certainly no stranger to the idea of doubles showing up in the City. She's met plenty of them before, and even once saw a woman--a vampire, of all things--that shared her own face. And time and again, she's told herself that in a place like the City, one must always judge a person based on who they are, not what they are.
But that's hard to remember after a shock like this, which leaves her with her knees shaking and a hot sting in her eyes. When that thing had vowed to chase her, she'd convinced herself that it was only a harmless, baseless threat to try to scare her. Now, all of a sudden, she's not so sure--because it's him, isn't it? And maybe this was all a trick, and now she's caught, and--
There's really no way of hiding in a red cloak in the midst of snowy gray December. Of course he spots her, wrapped up tight to try to quell the shivering. And her voice is thin and shaking itself as she calls back: ]
W-Why are you here?!
[The "again" remains unspoken, but the dog would know exactly what she means, with or without it.]
you cannot map the ways of divinity;
But that's hard to remember after a shock like this, which leaves her with her knees shaking and a hot sting in her eyes. When that thing had vowed to chase her, she'd convinced herself that it was only a harmless, baseless threat to try to scare her. Now, all of a sudden, she's not so sure--because it's him, isn't it? And maybe this was all a trick, and now she's caught, and--
There's really no way of hiding in a red cloak in the midst of snowy gray December. Of course he spots her, wrapped up tight to try to quell the shivering. And her voice is thin and shaking itself as she calls back: ]
W-Why are you here?!
[The "again" remains unspoken, but the dog would know exactly what she means, with or without it.]