Ludovica followed after Shoe, who apparently wanted to pick up the pace.
She figured Life was far off, but she was only human, right? She could only run so far until needing to take a break. Ludovica and Shoe, however--Shoe was a wolf, and Ludovia could take on the traits of animals, speed included. If they really wanted to, they could go much faster.
"We can go even faster than this, can't we?" Ludovica prompted, somewhat impatient.
Life was about to climb back onto Malin's back, but she paused. She wasn't out of breath anymore, and she could run on her own easily--at least, for a bit, she could. In the long run, it was probably better if they ran separately, but...
She bit the inside of her cheek. Being without any allies for so long, was it weird that she wanted to continue being carried? Was it something inside of her that missed being admired for creating all, or was it just a simple aversion to running?
Dismissing the first as stupid, she attributed it to hating running and climbed back onto Malin's back.
She paused for a moment. "Uh. Thank you, by the way."
Kayin stared at his mother, mind still whirring. She acted like everything was fine. She always acted like everything was fine, and it frustrated him, because nothing was ever fine.
He sighed. "Alright. Sorry. I don't want to weigh you down, so I guess I'll just go."
He was about to walk off, but he stopped, suddenly.
"But I have a quick question, if that's okay." His fists clenched, slightly. "What did you say she looked like again? Because thinking back on it, I ran into someone just a few minutes ago, and I infected them with a terrible and fatal disease and it might have been Life. I'm not really sure, actually."
Was that all a lie? Maybe it was. It definitely was, in fact.
But it'd get his mother's attention, wouldn't it?