Snippet #1304889

Shadow sat on a rooftop nearby with two young women standing behind his right and left shoulders respectively. The sun was behind them, casting obscure shadows of their individual frames onto the city's Outer Wall about ten feet above the heads of the others, although Shadow was not worried about the others noticing.

Shadow watched and waited, listening intently to the conversations which took place.

Kain had made a valid point to Matt about knowing when to fight and when not to fight, and so he chose not to reprimand Kain for his childlike actions of provoking the poor young thief, but neither would he receive any praise for the knowledge he imparted.

The confusion within the group was understandable.

Shadow and Kain were the oldest members of the group, and had both experienced tortured lives that the others could never in their wildest dreams begin to fathom. They were also the most tuned to battle and survival among the members of the group, and so their skill sets and instincts on the subject would no doubt be confusing to the others.

Shadow continued to listen, and the young woman behind his left shoulder approached him. She had light brown hair which fell just past her shoulders, with a youthful and athletic frame. She placed her hand on his right shoulder blade, and he simply nodded to her. She nodded in return, and then disappeared into the sunset behind him.

The young woman standing behind his right shoulder moved in close, and whispered into his ear.

She had long, dark brown hair that fell in a pony tail down to her hips, and a slightly taller, more mature and womanly frame than the other, but no less athletic and shapely than the first.

He turned his head and looked at her out of the corner of his eye, and smiled. She leaned in close and kissed his cheek, and then swept the bangs on her right side out of her face, sending a single strand of hair floating through the air and descending towards the others below.

Shadow watched the strand of hair fall, but did not expect any of the group to see it in the fading light, but never the less it would be visible to a trained eye if it fell into their field of view.

Shadow nodded her, and she too turned and disappeared into the sunset behind him.

He returned his gaze to the others, and decided it was time to tell them their next step, and so he stood, casting a slightly more clear silhouette of his frame onto the city's Outer Wall.