She stared at him in a sort of hopeless disbelief. There was no way... College. All the money for college, right there, one book away. She eyed it in his hands, distraught both at the thought of losing it and the too-rough way he was handling it. Not rough enough that it would collapse, but far rougher than it deserved.
But for college...
Did she believe him? He wasn't human. He could be some kind of immortal; she sort of assumed those existed in forms other than vampirism. She kind of just assumed everything from any fantasy book she read existed somewhere, because she was one of the most implausible possibilities, and she existed. A long life meant a lot of money.
But why would he want to spend it on a book? He clearly had a fondness for them, of a sort. There were hundreds, scattered on every surface. But why that book? What value did it have?
Was he right? Did it even matter, if he was for real?
"I... I..." She shifted from foot to foot, nervous anxiety and an undercurrent of humiliation. She wanted to just grab it and flee from the whole situation, but she couldn't risk it. If there was even a chance...
But he wanted her to take her hat off? Surely she was misunderstanding. She wasn't even sure she was physically capable of it. She'd never had a bare head around any other living person, not in this form anyway. Her great-grandparents and mother had probably seen her ears a few times, when she was younger, but she kept them covered almost religiously now. Her great-grandparents had insisted; it had become habit... and now, her mother... Well. Her mother could barely even look at her when she was a human, and couldn't at all when she was a dog. If she hid the signs of her evenings as a furball, she could often pretend her mother found her slightly less offensive.
She got her hand about halfway up towards the hat before she dropped it again, wrapping both arms around themselves. Not arms crossed, more just gripping herself for support.
"I'm selling the books to pay for college," she muttered, looking down and to the left.
But for college...
Did she believe him? He wasn't human. He could be some kind of immortal; she sort of assumed those existed in forms other than vampirism. She kind of just assumed everything from any fantasy book she read existed somewhere, because she was one of the most implausible possibilities, and she existed. A long life meant a lot of money.
But why would he want to spend it on a book? He clearly had a fondness for them, of a sort. There were hundreds, scattered on every surface. But why that book? What value did it have?
Was he right? Did it even matter, if he was for real?
"I... I..." She shifted from foot to foot, nervous anxiety and an undercurrent of humiliation. She wanted to just grab it and flee from the whole situation, but she couldn't risk it. If there was even a chance...
But he wanted her to take her hat off? Surely she was misunderstanding. She wasn't even sure she was physically capable of it. She'd never had a bare head around any other living person, not in this form anyway. Her great-grandparents and mother had probably seen her ears a few times, when she was younger, but she kept them covered almost religiously now. Her great-grandparents had insisted; it had become habit... and now, her mother... Well. Her mother could barely even look at her when she was a human, and couldn't at all when she was a dog. If she hid the signs of her evenings as a furball, she could often pretend her mother found her slightly less offensive.
She got her hand about halfway up towards the hat before she dropped it again, wrapping both arms around themselves. Not arms crossed, more just gripping herself for support.
"I'm selling the books to pay for college," she muttered, looking down and to the left.
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