Snippet #1769122

The gun was lowered. That threat was gone. Abi's breath escaped her lungs in a large gust, a relieved sigh. Even when it wasn't pointed at her, having the barrel of a gun pointed in her direction wasn't the most calming of situations. For one thing, watching someone you know, someone who didn't deserve it, being riddled with bloody holes wasn't all that great. And she'd been standing right next to the man, and guns weren't always of the truest shot. Especially when the owner of the gun didn't seem to be the most stable man in the entire universe. It was good and all that he seemed to want to protect her, after all, that was what Abi wanted, protection from potential threats, but not that way. Not a gun pulled out at the slightest hint of danger. Did protection always require a weapon? Because that was one thing Abi didn't own. Oh, sure she had the defense basics, She knew where to hit someone to give her enough time to make an escape, she had pepper spray in her purse, and she could run alright, but that wasn't the same. And it did no good against a Hound with a gun. Or anyone with a gun for that matter.

The woman jumped when her name burbled harshly from the tall man's lips, knowing that something else was coming. Half her mind couldn't help but think wearily, Meine Gott, what now? Why did she have to run into the fellow Depictioner. If she'd picked a different path or waited just five minutes none of this would have happened. Typical.

"O-okay." She forced out with a nod, looking up at the tall man and attempting to steel herself. a sigh again heaved from her lungs as she tried to calm herself. She took a half step, more of a shuffle, closer to Vincent, mostly for the comfort of having someone that much taller than her close than anything else. She clenched her hands into fists and swallowed hard. Gott, she wasn't cut out for this kind of stuff. She was just a girl who liked to paint and create. Why did there have to be so much to go through just to have that? Why did people have to die like that poor girl had? Abi shuddered slightly at the though. That was one thing that she didn't want to do at this point in her life. Die.