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Unaware of the girl with the glowing key, Kieran continued to the bakery. However now he found as he got closer, the lock around his neck seemed to pull him in the opposite direction. He tried to ignore it, but by the time he was speaking to the baker and handing over the roots he'd collected, it had grown to be uncomfortable.

Once he'd collected his coins, he wandered back into the streets again. He felt like a walking lamp post with his hood all aglow and such. He wanted to return to the inn and stay for the night in hopes that it'd stop glowing soon. Kieran didn't know what it meant, and it made him worry a little bit. He didn't know if the lock would suddenly explode or something.

But as he was walking back to the inn, he saw someone on the side of the main road. At least part demonic, seeing as the woman had cat ears and a tail. This was who his lock was pulling him towards. What had caught Kieran's attention though, was the key glowing purple around her wrist. Without hesitation he walked over to her, trying to seem normal in the eyes of the people he pushed past. Without consideration of hurting her or scaring her, he wrabbed the wrist with the glowing key and lifted it up. "Who are you?" he demanded.