catpiper: (today im feeling the spooks)
Ren "Renothy Cat" ([personal profile] catpiper) wrote in [community profile] lifeaftr 2017-09-03 06:01 pm (UTC)

There have been a few moments in her life Ren will treasure and remember. Seto saving her, Drifter and Taako commenting she doesn't need to be alone and now this. Not because of the offer to play hide and seek, which makes her happy in its own right, but from the way it makes it her heart swell. The elation from getting something to draw with and the kindness displayed from these two adults, who have no reason to be, brings a smile to her face. An expression that's been difficult for her to make without her friend around and with fear constantly in the back of her mind during every conversation with someone new and every attempt to wander the island. For the first time, she can't feel that creeping in. It's just joy. At being able to talk to people and for once, not having the inkling that something bad will happen soon. She secures the charcoal in one of her knapsack pockets, snapping it shut and shaking her bag upside down to make sure it can't fall out. It's special. She doesn't want to lose it.

"That game is easy. I know it." From where, she can't remember. It might be from a dream or maybe they played it when she was too young to understand the details, but she knows it. The memory of hiding without being worried things would kill her is something she can recall. When Lup says they can play it together, the smile on her face spreads and she edges her way closer to them. "Yes, there are lots of good places. Safe places. You can sleep and eat there-I can show some of them to you and we can play."

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