Casshan Lost Ben And Is Now Alone In The City Trying To Find Him

[Ari]

"Most people just aren't me."

Arriana grinned at the dwarf, licking over the wound on her arm to clean and help seal it. Her eyes transitioned from their normal dark colour to a mellow blue-green. The two men seemed to get along well, something her own hostility prevented. She decided cleaning up the blood was first priority, listening to their conversation as she cleaned the opposite hand. Ari's gaze followed Nor's hand to the strange and complicated wheeled contraption. 

"You'd get eaten alive on your own." 

The chimera's eyes watched Casshan, completely serious. Her words were directed towards the shocked boy, though the dwarf let out a laugh at the comment. 

"I don't mean literally. I haven't heard of any cannibals. Yet." She paused a moment, looking between the two men. "A city will only place so many soldiers near their borders in two situations. Either war is drawing near, or outside the borders is ten times as deadly. I would dare to say that both of you combined, as new as you are, could be dead within the month if you wandered around blindly. It would be safer for you here, perhaps, where the soldiers will keep things relatively tame."

Arriana looked over her shoulder, sniffing for the relative direction of the gate she had come through. It couldn't be too far off now, just a matter of making her way through the crowd. 

"Wild animals don't belong in this city, that is why I must leave. The gate isn't far."