Snippet #1241836

Chilili Crow Dog self-conciously rubs her arm, looking around to the others but unable to meet their gaze. The nervous laughter had not gone over well. It hadn't gone over well at her mother's funeral either. She could still see their stony gazes in her mind's eye. Only this time she was alone with no grandmother to hold her, to protect her. She bristled beneath Infinitious' outburst and was more than a little confused by the others. As Danse crept closer to her, chills went up her spine. She felt set up and she wasn't exactly prepared to be the sacrificial lamb. "I'm sorry, Nyama..."she said, shoulders scrunched up near her ears, "I didn't mean any disrespect... I just... I just feel like I'm trying to convince a bunch of children not to push the red button... so to speak... not that any of you..." she heaved a sigh and then Danse spoke of Nietzsche. "I'm beginning to feel like I don't have a chance in hell..." she muttered to herself. And she was probably right. A few seemed reasonable. Nyama scared her at times but only as a tiger scares a deer. It was natural but ultimately Nyama wasn't interested in hurting her. Justice kept swinging back and forth between earth mother and judge while Danse just gave her the creeps. Infinitious sounded a lot like her Biochemistry teacher who also had a rough childhood and took it out on the students (unless they were blond and looking for an easy A). Cassius didn't really present herself as of yet but she also gave her the creeps. Maisie seemed the only one that was closest to human but her sympathy seemed to conditional... No... Chilili didn't have a prayer in the world...