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She went quiet as soon as they started walking again, letting herself deal with how sore her arms were in her head.
She went quiet as soon as they started walking again, letting herself deal with how sore her arms were in her head.
Jay kept walking beside her. Leo sniffed at everything in their path.
Delia kept her eyes on the ground while they walked, liking the minimal noise that came whenever they walked under a pine tree. The needles on the ground muffled the noise of their feet and even though it wasn't often that the came across a pine tree, it was her favorite part of the uncomfortable walking.
Jay was quiet, eyes flickering around the forest warily. He was on guard for anyone or anything dangerous, not wanting to be caught by surprise.
She glanced over at Jay every so often to make sure she wasn't going too fast or slow, though Leo seemed to want to go faster, trotting ahead of them a few yards and sniffing around.
Jay kept pace with Delia, silent as his eyes flashed around the sun-dappled woods. He could almost trick himself into thinking this was just…normal. But it wasn't.
Delia's stomach growled quietly and the noise didn't seem to even phase her, almost getting blocked out by the crunching of her steps. She was happy to have Jay with her since she couldn't keep out a good watch and hobble around at the same time. Having someone alongside her made her feel a little safer.
Jay kept moving. His eyes never stopped scanning for others, in a way that was a little more wolf than watchdog, a little more predator than prey.
She stayed silent while they continued, really hoping that Jay was watching for where the road was since she wasn't. Otherwise they were lost in the woods, something that made Delia really nervous.
Jay was indeed keeping track of where the road was, thankfully, as he had no more wish to get lost in the woods than she did.
Time continued to tick by and soon the sun was past the middle of the sky, on it's track back down. Delia guessed it was about one in the afternoon, though she wouldn't place money on it anymore than she would bet her arms would feel fine tomorrow. Walking hurt, and they had been walking for a long time.
Jay was quiet as they walked. He started to angle them back to the road so that they could walk on it, and hopefully find a town before the sun was gone.
She guessed that they weren't terribly far from the road, and she was happy when Jay started to turn their path. Leo bounced alongside them, his tail wagging and ears alert for any sign of something else in the woods, either something coming after them or a squirrel.
Jay kept moving silently, wrapped up in his own thoughts. He couldn't help but wonder just how long he had left. How long until the programming was activated.
Getting back to a smooth surface to walk on sounded amazing, and her pace picked up a little even if it hurt more on her shoulders and hands from the crutches. Finally they were getting back to somewhere she could clearly follow.
Jay smiled over at her, and then turned his attention back to the road. He sighed softly.
"Have you seen anyone following us?" She asked, noticing his smile and smiling tiredly in return, "Or whatever the thing is in your head that you can sense them? Like the guy at the apartments?"
Jay shook his head. "No to both." He replied after a moment. "And Vance…no. I haven't sensed any others since we met Vance."
Delia nodded, relieved that he hadn't sensed anyone. One encounter with another like Jay was enough. "Good. Tell me if you do sense any others."
Jay nodded. "I will." He replied after a moment. He took a deep breath, running his hands through his hair.
She glanced over at him when he ran is hands through his hair, wondering if something was wrong but not going to ask.
Jay let out a slow breath, turning his attention to the road again.
"I'm so excited to get back to a road." She sighed, looking into the woods ahead of them to try to see where the road was in relation to where they were.
Jay raised an eyebrow slightly. "We are on the road." he replied.
(Crap I didn't realize they were on the road lol)
"Oh," She glanced down and smiled, not noticing the change to the road as they continued on, "We are, I didn't realize." Maybe it was a sign that her arms had gone numb from the constant pressure of walking and her pack but she didn't bother saying anything.
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