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The Human begins to lay on the side of the sidewalk as he begins to mumble himself, further succumbing to even more of what little of his sanity had left.
All he did for the past few weeks was hide, run, help a bit maybe…. Kill, be careful, stuff like that. Even if he had helped “save” people multiple times, that was because of his Rabbit friend…
Not him,
not him at all.
Nobody was saved because of him, her, along with the Agent at times pretty much did all the work while he did the minor things, like he always does, aside from trying to survive…..
Even the Rabbit's sister did more than him, and she's younger….
All he sees is people dying, needlessly.
Blood
Fire
Bullets
He was only here just to help someone he, while not being a huge favorite of his, he still hold dear none-the-less as she is part of his family.
And yet all he gets from it all is red all over.
No matter how many times he will swallow his thought in a more literal sense on his mind, they always come back, alarming him like a jumpscare.
All he sees is the wolf's face being broken from a single shotgun shell......
Before execution by tears.
Despair
Ruin
Agony
Agony
Agony
Agon
Ago
“Hey.”
The Human quickly turns his head in surprise from the voice to see…..
The Mink, casually leaning to the wall from the alleyway of the building he's laying towards
“It looks like you would like some small talk. Want to?”
“I’m sorry…. I don’t want a de-”
“It’s not a deal.”
The Human looks straight at her eyes in confusion from that comment
A Con-Woman…? Wanting actual small talk?
No…… I did something wrong did I? I’m next?, Human mentally said as he begins to stand up, panicking a bit
“Hey man, don’t worry too much, when I say “small talk”, I do mean just some small talk, like you do with her and her lil’ sis.”
The Human flinched a bit from that….
“But….. why?”
“Ehh, no reason. Just wanted to… Wanna come?”
“Ok….”
The Human then comes to the Mink towards the alley, walking not too far but towards a location where the alleyway has a still small but wider circular area where it’s mostly dirt, a pile of bricks on a side, and some grass. Seemed weird since it sort of implies nobody worked on this specific area despite making the city….
“Here you go, considering you seem to like refreshments a lot.”, Mink says as he gives him a plastic bottle of Dr. Pelkers, which is based on Dr. Pepper….. His favorite soda…..
The Human, for some reason, underestimated how much she now knows him…..
It’s making him really afraid of what is happening to him.
He’s going to be caught…. Isn’t he?
“Y’know. I usually see people like you walking about anywhere they go without much trouble in the more public areas in this city.”, The Mink began talking as she sits on the other side while Nickel sits in a “Criss-cross-Applesauce” formation, the kind that was described to be a way a Native American sits according to his dad, although it might've been a stereotype when he thought further about it
“But…. In terms of yourself…. You always seem kind of different….. Which is a nice change of pace for someone who usually makes “deals” out of my ass…”
“I guess.”
“I forgot to say, I know this is unoriginal but….. What is your favorite color?”, The Human questioned
“Green…. Heh, duh.”
“Oh….. right….Mine is Orange in my case, mostly the kind that you see in construction stuff.”
“Yeah, it’s loud but it has it’s own thing going on….”
“What do you like about your choice of food?”, The Mink says after a another round of silence
“Uhh….. I usually like “Custom” foods. Mainly like Burritos, Pizza and Hamburgers.”, The Human explains despite being seemingly distracted and in a more mumbling tone
“Nice…..”
“You never like being looked down upon… Do you? You don’t like being seen as a bad person at heart.”
His whole body froze from that sentence. He looks directly at her in the eyes…. Her slick, mink-ese eyes. All he could see……
Is her.
He didn’t answer……… Just only stared at her.
“Sorry… I guess that seems a bit too personal, but that seems to answer my question, which is all I need really….”
The Human decided not to intervene that question
“Y’know, you seem like you are comfortable to share your own information with me, considering I’m not…. well, “your” side.”
“I know….. but your deals aren’t something I accepted…….”, The Human explained
“...........”
“Say, you talk about what you like…. What things remind you of…. Always pointing out things for the heck of it…..
Being….. Honest……”
“What…… What about it…?”
“I mean…. You know what your original goal is right?”
“Yeah, trying to find a cure for my sister, why?”
“For someone that wants to find a cure for her, you don’t seem to talk much about it.”
He got immediately defensive as soon as he heard it, hoping for the ambush to never come.
“Not only that…. You don’t even mention what her illness is… Just that you know it’s really bad.”
He then looks a bit straight to Marie’s face, who is making a more serious expression
“I mean it….. I really don’t know what the illness exactly is…. Just what it may require to cure her…”, The Human answered
“Actually, you don’t even talk about her at all…. Which I understand if you are framed by a crime you did not commit… But, to not mention it at all? It doesn’t add up…..”
She notices that by her comment just now, the Human bends his leg as he undoes his position and puts another leg straight, making him cover his face downwards.
“In total, you already made it so far…. People would either not be here to begin with, die, or banana-split it out, heh…..
I mean….. I don’t want you to die anyways…..”
He froze from that for just a bit… But nothing else….
“Even more….. You aren’t even like the other people…. Sure I have seen ‘n witness some calm kids be very subtle to what they do to cope, but I never see anyone around your age that just doesn’t use their beast form to do so….
In fact, I never ever see you in Beast form at all….
Why….. Why are you not like the others, (REDACTED)?”
The Human did not answer
His chest began to tickle a bit
“I already understand the real answer to all of this….. Of how you move, how you respond, how you talk…… How you seem to care a bit more……”
“I have one…… single…. Answer….. Just for you…..”
“Your real name……
Is not (REDACTED).”
BAM
He harshly picks up a rock and throws it against a small already-broken wall structure nearby, breaking the whole pile to a pile……
“Why are you doing this?! WHY ARE YOU MESSING WITH MY FUCKING MIND?!”
“I’m just trying to find a reason…..”
“Why fucking find reason when you just give and take with no questions asked?! You came in and out just because you were just there as a con-woman, nothing else!”
“No….. That isn’t the main reason why.”
“WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN?! YOU DO IT WITHOUT CARE!”
“No I don’t…….. At least not towards you…”
He was taken a bit back from that comment
“Wh…….. What? What do you…..”
The Mink decides to stand up… A look towards him with the same expression of seriousness…
The kind that is needed for something like this.
“I can tell by the many small talks with you that you are not here….. In this city, this god forsaken city…… Not because you wanted to “save your sister”
.... No…..
But simply because you wanted to be loved……
You just wanted to find some comfort based on being in an environment of where you can from where all you see is negativity and uncaring verbal abuse hurled towards you as you took it all…. You always seem to absolutely hate any comment at someone's expense even if you become so damn sensitive to it.
You are also a smart, kind and talented person in your own right.”
“I’m nothing but a fucking coward that just goes around trying to play things “Safe”. I save nobody! Help nobody as they DIE! I just do it all just for my own damn safety!”
“That is wrong…. And you know it.”
“I am a biased, egotistic, brat who doesn’t know the real situation of what reality is!”
“You are as flawed as anyone else!”
“What is your name…?”
"Hmmm......"
The Human seems to refuse the question.....
“(REDACTED)……”
“(REDACTED)……..
I have seen many people like you (REDACTED), struggling to even make a less than decent living in the streets and the whole city in general. They either get killed off from a single brutal blow, become slaves from their oppressors, or be used by others without even noticing a lick of it….. Like a puppet with invisible strings. I have seen so many innocent people of children, families, and honest-to-god decent people who get taken advantage of in an environment that is all about the “Survival of the Fittest” crap…….
For you, not only to survive in this sort of environment for so long, but to also still hold to your own morals, your right from wrong, and caring for other people not just because you may find it easier to help you survive…..
But because it was also the right thing to do…..Not letting the conflict of others or yourself distract you to the point that you bring prejudice and discrimination against others….
You instead…. Just be yourself…. And not let it affect you….. Even as a human….”
“Please……..
*Sniff*
Please……”, The Human tears up as he curls around in a semi-ball formation, putting his head down with his hand covering his head to the point where all he can see is darkness.
“I was wrong about what I first thought about you….. You made me realize that just because one may be suffering less than another, it doesn’t change the fact that they are suffering…. That they are in pain, just like I was when I didn’t know how to con at all, and what another poor sap may be too, and that they need someone to find comfort in….”
“That’s really weird though…. Hah…. You sort of went into there willy nilly illegally in that case… Just what did you expect?”
He didn’t feel any better from that…. In fact, probably even worse…..
“(REDACTED)….. I know I might not be some mother of yours but……..
Whether you did it towards yourself or not, to me, it doesn’t matter….
I’m proud of you…..”
And I know….. In the end, no matter what trauma and danger that is laid ahead of you…. That you will make it through it all… To finally have the happy life that you deserve…. For you, and the friends that you have made…..”
“S….S-TOP IT!
LEAVE ME ALONE!
PLEASE……… Just leave me alone….
I can’t fucking take it anymore….. I don’t want to die….
I don’t want to kill……
I don’t want anyone to end their own fucking lives needlessly.
I just want to clear my name and get out with the friends I have!
I JUST
I just
I
Just
Just
just
As he tried to find another word to say, his whole life that happened up to this very moment, flashed before his eyes. The times he found happiness, the times where he was lonely by his own accords, the times where he found reason to go on in life….
It all came crashing down towards him like a meteor shower…..
All he could do after that….. Was cry… Knowing that there is someone who actually cares for his well being aside from his only two friends he ever had….
He finds no reason as to why not only do two random beastmen not bear ill will to him being brought to his situation, but also have a con-woman somehow care about him even though he was nothing more than a human trespasser to a Beastmen town….
And yet….
They cared anyway.
The only thing she did now…. Was to be close to him In his time of need.