Axel eagerly accepted the drink as offered, taking a polite sip before saying happily, "I haven't found any food that can kill me yet!" Just as he hadn't found anything he hadn't been able to chew through, but he kept that thought to himself. He tilted his head to one side and then the other as she started talking about town, the seemingly permanent smile on his face slowly fading as she listed off pretty much every part of town as a no-fly zone. "So..." He paused, nails clicking against the glass in a contemplative gesture, "The docks, downtown, brighton.... Is everywhere dangerous but Old Town?"
He lifted his big, hopeful eyes back towards her, although they strayed momentarily to her mouth as she tasted her own finger. Gosh, she was less intimidating now that they were standing in her kitchen drinking fruit juice, but the memory of her walking right up to him and collaring him flashed through his mind. Which was quickly replaced by yet more sad news, "Oh." He said on a sigh, looking down at his drink again, "I guess it was too much to hope that there'd be other hyenas."
He turned, leaning slouched back against the counter, thinking about what he should do next. He'd come here without much of a plan, all truth be told, just an expired lease and a desire to see a different part of this strange country. He'd never expected that the place he'd end up would have him feeling like he'd woken up from a dream. Now that he had seen werewolves and smelled all these strange, itchy smells, it felt like New York had never been real and this was where he was meant to be, with other shifters and all the other strange, wonderful things she'd said was here!
....but most of them probably wanted him dead. Or, well, at least beaten up. Then maybe dead.
"I don't have an apartment." He finally admitted once he spent enough time feeling sorry for himself. He glanced back over to her with a bashful smile as he admitted, "I sort of hopped on a train... and then a bus. And came out here to see what it was like? Because I read about all the cheap housing in a newspaper article? ... That sounds really stupid when I say it out loud. But, uh, yeah, I don't have anything back there."
Or anywhere.
He lifted his big, hopeful eyes back towards her, although they strayed momentarily to her mouth as she tasted her own finger. Gosh, she was less intimidating now that they were standing in her kitchen drinking fruit juice, but the memory of her walking right up to him and collaring him flashed through his mind. Which was quickly replaced by yet more sad news, "Oh." He said on a sigh, looking down at his drink again, "I guess it was too much to hope that there'd be other hyenas."
He turned, leaning slouched back against the counter, thinking about what he should do next. He'd come here without much of a plan, all truth be told, just an expired lease and a desire to see a different part of this strange country. He'd never expected that the place he'd end up would have him feeling like he'd woken up from a dream. Now that he had seen werewolves and smelled all these strange, itchy smells, it felt like New York had never been real and this was where he was meant to be, with other shifters and all the other strange, wonderful things she'd said was here!
....but most of them probably wanted him dead. Or, well, at least beaten up. Then maybe dead.
"I don't have an apartment." He finally admitted once he spent enough time feeling sorry for himself. He glanced back over to her with a bashful smile as he admitted, "I sort of hopped on a train... and then a bus. And came out here to see what it was like? Because I read about all the cheap housing in a newspaper article? ... That sounds really stupid when I say it out loud. But, uh, yeah, I don't have anything back there."
Or anywhere.
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