This was ... different. Spike was pretty sure it was the damsel-in-distress sorts that got kidnapped. Not him. With a lit cigarette dangling from his lower lip, the vampire strolled down the hall of the barracks.
He caught sight of the girl and offered her a slight nod as he studied her. She was ... new to DauphinMare, formerly of Riverfell and apparently right back in Riverfell.
Fascinating. "So, little bit. Back home again?" he inquired as he quirked a pale brow, absently flicking ashes off the end of his cigarette.
Lizzy's eyes grew big, and wide, and welled up with tears and she let out a soft wail and started to cry again, throwing herself forward and attempting to attach herself to Spike's leg. She didn't know who he was, but she was pretty sure that he was from DauphinMare originally, and she really really wanted to be back there right now, because she was scared that she was going to be in trouble for leaving in the first place.
"I just... want... to go.. baaaaaack!" she sniffled. "I did - didn't want to be h-here in the f-f-fiiiiirst place!"
Surely, he was here to take her back, right? He hadn't switched sides as well?
Oh, christ. Spike resisted the urge to try to shake her off his leg, though it was a close thing. "Don't think we can go back, bit," he said. Dropping the cigarette, he ground it out with his heel before he reached down to scoop Lizzy up into his arms. Oh, he recognized her all right. One of the recent traitors, as it were.
"So you know this place, right? You were here for a bit, yeah? Where's a good place to spend the day?" he inquired. No, he didn't do well with crying kids, but he couldn't imagine anyone else here did, either - and other people might kill her.
She had her eyes closed, and was clinging tightly to his leg, sniffling, and was surprised when she found herself suddenly airborn. She squirmed a bit in an attempt to get loose at first, thinking he was trying to hurt her, but settled when she realized - or assumed, really - that he was just trying to comfort her. She managed to calm herself down to sniffles just as abruptly as the sobbing had come one, snuggling her head into the crook of his neck and resting her head on his shoulder.
He wasn't Saul - Saul was warmer - but at least he was being friendly. And he was from DauphinMare, though... not taking her back there. She blinked, and sniffled a bit, wiping a bit at her eyes with her fingers.
"You're not... taking me b-back?" she sniffled, confused more than anything. But she did think about his question. "I used to... to spend time in the gr-greenhouse," she said, sniffing a bit still. "But Dora says that it's hers. She's wrong though - it's mine and Daisie's
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He caught sight of the girl and offered her a slight nod as he studied her. She was ... new to DauphinMare, formerly of Riverfell and apparently right back in Riverfell.
Fascinating. "So, little bit. Back home again?" he inquired as he quirked a pale brow, absently flicking ashes off the end of his cigarette.
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"I just... want... to go.. baaaaaack!" she sniffled. "I did - didn't want to be h-here in the f-f-fiiiiirst place!"
Surely, he was here to take her back, right? He hadn't switched sides as well?
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"So you know this place, right? You were here for a bit, yeah? Where's a good place to spend the day?" he inquired. No, he didn't do well with crying kids, but he couldn't imagine anyone else here did, either - and other people might kill her.
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He wasn't Saul - Saul was warmer - but at least he was being friendly. And he was from DauphinMare, though... not taking her back there. She blinked, and sniffled a bit, wiping a bit at her eyes with her fingers.
"You're not... taking me b-back?" she sniffled, confused more than anything. But she did think about his question. "I used to... to spend time in the gr-greenhouse," she said, sniffing a bit still. "But Dora says that it's hers. She's wrong though - it's mine and Daisie's ( ... )
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