Humans, F has discovered, are obsessed with keeping clothes on her. Rather than have them make terrible whining noises and huge eyes at her, F has given into this demand too. She's capering around in soft shorts, rolled down on her skinny hips and the ruins of a white shirt
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She could have reminded him of various mental patients he'd known in various institutions, but her eyes were too focused and her movements too calculated. She wasn't lost in a world of her own making. She knew what she was doing even if her prey was only a well-fed and insignificant spider. Something told him spiders wouldn't satisfy her for long, but beyond that he had no idea what made her tick which only made him more interested in finding out.
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At first, she thinks it is one of the Deros, come to ruin her fine adventure, but when she lolls her head to the side, it is only a human. He looks like he knows her. He looks like the man Masuoka did for the moments he understood her completely.
She watches him back, licking her thumb.
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Brian still kept a small distance between them, but if all she wanted was blood then she wasn't going to be a problem or a danger to him just yet. He moved his head to one side and offered her a small smile.
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He doesn't pity her, either, and for that F is interested. She drops to all fours and creeps towards him in a crawl much like the spider she's just eaten. At his feet, she looks up, up at him, and then slowly, with great care, stands up.
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He'd kept an eye out for her since she'd left, wanting to make sure she was okay. Today, he saw her just as she pinched the spider in between her fingers, and he barely stifled a little gasp when he saw what she did.
"Oh, honey," he said, softly approaching, "spiders aren't for eating."
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It took Masuoka so long to figure it out.
But since F can't sleep, she needs to eat.
She licks her lips, and offers him the gift of eye contact.
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He imagined the sensation of the legs crawling over his skin, going down his throat, and he shuddered.
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So she thinks, thinks about what the other one liked, and finally creeps forward and butts her head against his knee.
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"Hello," she said politely.
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It's very trying to F's system, when she is so very hungry. But she can't be sure they won't get angry and hurt her. The Deros have not returned for her yet, and F is starting to become confused.
She licks the blood from her thumb and watches the girl. Says nothing.
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River stared back. She could play this game with the best of them.
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Her legs get tired and she sits down. This human is silent and watchful, but F doesn't perceive intent to attack.
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This human is not full grown. Big enough to prey on, but maybe small enough to bring down.
She drops to the ground and begins to creep over.
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It's just that her body has lost almost all of the way of standing and walking like humans. Her muscles tire of it quickly and then she creeps along like she would in the tunnels.
She stands back up when she reaches him, though, and licks her thumb. She's almost watching him.
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It didn't.
This did not mean she went undistracted.
She stood completely and utterly still, the way a deer stands still when its listening in the woods for safety, for the sign of a disturbance, and stared at the creature standing at the window.
Me too? she thought, because it would fucking figure that William's crazy would be contagious. She didn't know what to say for a moment, merely watching the girls tongue against the blood and, more telling still, the flash of her teeth behind her lips and fingers, and finally said, "What are you doing here."
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She hits the ground, pale face pressing into the rough carpet with its strange chemical human smells, her back slanting up like a puppy at play.
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It was a kind of vampire. But not her kind. That didn't mean they weren't from the same place, though, ultimately.
"Stop that," she hissed, "I'm not your sire and I'm not your brood. Don't- this isn't the world for that."
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F sits up, regarding her with eyes that were blank, but at least somewhat focused. She licks her lips, hinting at the teeth underneath, and sits still.
She's not sure what it wants, and she doesn't want to upset it.
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