Snippet #2519347

Mortimer was as still as the dead. He had been hiding for quite a while. The cold had started to affect the dead flesh of his once again. The already clotted blood in his veins grew thicker, his eyes were having more trouble moving and frostbite was starting to appear near the extremities. He was just about to seek shelter elsewhere, leaving this hostile environment when he heard someone call out to him.

“Mortimer! You can come out from hiding it was all a misunderstanding! Everything’s cleared up now and no one’s trying to kill you anymore!”

It was Adrien. He had returned to the forest but he wasn't alone. Anna was following close beside him. As evident by his words and by his honesty the school was safe for him to return. He watched as they approached the spot he was hiding last time. He had relocated himself within a short radius of the first hiding spot since it would be foolish to hide in the same spot that someone knows you were hiding in last.

Much like a bigfoot sighting Mortimer rose up from the bushes and started making his way towards them. At this point these two were the only people he could really trust. His confidence in the other students, even the ones who haven't attacked him yet, was sundered by the assault. Eventually he came into speaking range, hailing them as he approached.

"Anna, Adrien, it is good to see you both."

His face displayed little emotion and his voice was rather monotone but there was an element of warmth towards them in it. Slowly he trudged his way through the snow, closing the distance between them with each heavy footstep. Once he was within about roughly ten feet or so he stopped. He turned his head to look to Adrien and then onto Anna since his eyes were sluggish from the affects of the cold and a consequence of having no internal body heat to warm them. His ordinarily brooding expression softened as he looked at Anna, kind as she was beautiful. He could only wonder what she might have learned from his gift to her.