Alys noticed the way the crowds parted for Hotaru, and her estimation of the woman, already high, rose. It took someone powerful and noteworthy to send other shoppers scurrying out of the way, and somehow Alys had earned her favor. It didn't seem quite real, somehow, and as Alys scurried along behind Hotaru, she could hardly believe her luck.
"Meat is fine," said Alys with a shrug as she followed along. She wasn't a meat-or-nothing kind of person, but she also didn't have anything in particular against it. "As long as it's not lamb." There was something disturbing about killing anything that young for food, in Alys's opinion. She'd seen a butcher go after one, once, and it had been enough to convince her she never wanted to see it again.
Hotaru steered her to a shop with gloves on display, and Alys ran her hand over some of the options carefully. "Oh, I'll be fine on my own," she reassured Hotaru with a rare smile. "Don't mind me." And it would give her a chance to pay for something on her own. Alys tried on several pairs, flexing her hands to see how they fit. In the end, she settled on two pairs she was happy with and hurried to the shopkeeper to try to pay for them before Hotaru got back.
"Meat is fine," said Alys with a shrug as she followed along. She wasn't a meat-or-nothing kind of person, but she also didn't have anything in particular against it. "As long as it's not lamb." There was something disturbing about killing anything that young for food, in Alys's opinion. She'd seen a butcher go after one, once, and it had been enough to convince her she never wanted to see it again.
Hotaru steered her to a shop with gloves on display, and Alys ran her hand over some of the options carefully. "Oh, I'll be fine on my own," she reassured Hotaru with a rare smile. "Don't mind me." And it would give her a chance to pay for something on her own. Alys tried on several pairs, flexing her hands to see how they fit. In the end, she settled on two pairs she was happy with and hurried to the shopkeeper to try to pay for them before Hotaru got back.
alys glasse
waiting for the right mind to drive insane
