Snippet #2668700

Piper didn't dare move until the boy was out of sight. She simply kept hold of the revolver. He'd made some comment about her skin, to which she had responded that they had basically the same skin colour, and hopefully Ophelia would be able to protect him from manufactured lead.

She watched him eat... She'd read that the Elementals had a strong sense of community, and that hardly any were denied food, yet he was famished. Had he run away from home?

She hardly had time to think about that before the blonde gave a pointed glare to an area of the wreckage after making his jab about her not coming alone. Her face paled, she began to shake a bit as the gravity of another Aerian being here so soon weighed on her shoulders. She saw it too, the person's head poking up above the wreckage, but only for a brief moment. She took a breath in as they locked eyes, gulping. They looked... well, from a distance and from such a small glance, they had looked frankly androgynous.

"... Who the hell are you?" She called out, keeping the gun trained on Axel.