Snippet #2124999

The girl, Layla, walked herself over to the tree where their bags were and she sat herself down after practically complimenting the fact that Jude was a thief. He had to admit, the guy was pretty talented, but to Keito being a thief wasn't exactly something to be proud of. Of course, he'd taken a few things before when he was younger, but only because no one would give him any jobs because they all required heavy lifting. Now that he was bigger, well, taller at least, he was better capable of convincing people. Even so, he wasn't very happy with himself whenever he did manage to steal something. Of course now he completely restrained himself from doing it.

"So what do you do for a living, Keito? Saving thieves from impending doom seems quite exciting. What was he running from? The angry father of a lady he'd deflowered?"

Spot on.

"Are you running?"

That question caught him off guard, especially the brief moment of seriousness coming from her as she asked. He wasn't particularly running from anything of physical form. But he was always trying to run from his past. Though, he wouldn't tell her that and he was relieved she quickly moved on to another question.

"I have to ask. Are you from Triveila? Your eyes are such a deep shade of blue, it reminds me of the waters there. I was born there- Well, I'm not sure. I lived in an orphanage in Triveila for some time. I didn't know who I was so I just took the name of a fictional character in this story book we once read in the orphanage."

He gave her a sympathetic smile.

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that...and no in fact I've never visited the place."

Liar

"See I'm not really a big fan of fish and I heard that's pretty much all they've got in the restaurants. Well, I'm sure they have other food too but I don't even....like....the smell."

The last few word slurred a little as the blanket and Layla's sleeve slipped off her shoulder. He swallowed nervously, trying to ignore it.

"If it's quite alright with you two, could I please sleep here for the night? I heard these noises. It sounded like a large man and I was just so scared. I'm somewhat afraid of the dark, you see. And I'm a terrible fighter. I sing and dance and that's about it."

His seriousness returned and he let his eyes scanned the trees. Could someone be following them? He'd felt like it earlier, and thought that it was probably this girl. But now that she mentioned it, he still didn't feel completely safe. Almost like someone was watching him with wanting eyes.

"It's fine! You can travel with us all the way to Gweynura if you want to."

He smiled at her and knelt down in front of her to pull the blanket back up over her shoulder.

"There's a chilly breeze tonight, so you don't want to go catching yourself a cold.", he said as he pulled his bag over to him and opened it. After a little digging he found the bread wrapped up in the blue cloth and handed it to her. It wasn't much but it would help if she was hungry.

"Here. If you're hungry you can have this. Oh, and I bet if we slice it open and put some jerky in between it would make a pretty good sandwich."

He leaned back a little and looked over at Jude.

"Hey, how much of that jerky do you have anyway?"