Sacrilege of the Heart » Places

         "Yeah, I wish. Even on eBay those things are like a hundred dollars a piece for a decent one, and even then it's the internet, so no guarantee it would even work." Aaron says with a laugh, letting go of Eve long enough to take off his bag and kneel down to look through it. Unzipping the pack he rummages through it for a minute then pulls out a a couple of white emergency candles and a box of matches. "I did bring these for lighting. I figure so long as we keep them away from windows and anything flammable they'd be useful for lighting up a room enough for us to move around easily."

With the candle and matches out he zips his pack back up and stands, looking around for a good place to set it. After a moment he finds a dust covered counter near the center of the room, but as he makes his way towards it he too sees a flash of something out the window and freezes in place. He wasn't thinking of animals, those he could handle. Back home in the south he often had wild dogs, sometimes even wolves, come around the house. No, he was worried it might be a person. A police officer or some other law enforcement official. If he got in trouble that was fine, but he didn't want Liz to hang along side him. Just then, he jumps when he hears Liz talking to him. She was asking about a cell phone. Nervously he reaches into his pocket and replaces his phone with the matches and holds it up, turning to face her.

"You want me to call Aila, but why-" Aaron cuts himself short when he finally realizes what he had seen and begins to hear the animals outside. Silently cursing he looks at the phone for a moment before hitting a few buttons. Putting the phone to his ear he can hear it start to ring, then he notices that the good officer has her firearm out, and a moment later his ears are ringing.

Without meaning to he hits the END button on the phone and drops the candle he had been holding, putting a hand over each ear and closing his eyes for a moment. He was used to the sound of gunfire, but not so close to him in a confined space.

"Ow..." Aaron says, shaking his head for a moment before lowering his hands and blinking a few times. "Well, that happened. I'm guessing those are wolves I heard then, not dogs or people? Great."