06-16-2015, 08:48 PM
Athena was becoming skeptical.
She had been walking for at least forty-five minutes, probably more. For the first twenty or so, she had been too lost in thought to notice, but eventually the strangeness of the situation began to dawn on her. There was nothing. She heard nothing, and felt nothing but the ground beneath her feet. She saw nothing, too, of course, but that was normal. She wondered for a humorous moment whether she had missed a clearly-marked "Signs of Life This Way" sign somewhere on her trek. After about forty minutes, she was considering turning back. Perhaps she had gone the wrong direction, and returning to the fountain would give her some idea of the correct course. Then again, some gigantic, palatial structure could be just out of reach of her senses, which would make turning back preposterous. It was an irritating paradox that way.
Sometimes she really missed her eyesight.
Just as she was leaning heavily towards turning around, though, she caught a blip of activity within her sense range. She began walking faster toward it, but simultaneously tightened her grip on her weapon. As she approached, she could tell that it was human. That was only a vague reassurance. After another moment, she realized that it was likewise approaching her. She stopped in her tracks. Oh, how it would be lovely to see. She had to wait for the human to get even closer before she could make out its shape and characteristics properly, and by then it could have a gun trained on her head. In fact, it could already. She wondered whether to make any verbal contact, but the other being took the initiative here also.
She had been walking for at least forty-five minutes, probably more. For the first twenty or so, she had been too lost in thought to notice, but eventually the strangeness of the situation began to dawn on her. There was nothing. She heard nothing, and felt nothing but the ground beneath her feet. She saw nothing, too, of course, but that was normal. She wondered for a humorous moment whether she had missed a clearly-marked "Signs of Life This Way" sign somewhere on her trek. After about forty minutes, she was considering turning back. Perhaps she had gone the wrong direction, and returning to the fountain would give her some idea of the correct course. Then again, some gigantic, palatial structure could be just out of reach of her senses, which would make turning back preposterous. It was an irritating paradox that way.
Sometimes she really missed her eyesight.
Just as she was leaning heavily towards turning around, though, she caught a blip of activity within her sense range. She began walking faster toward it, but simultaneously tightened her grip on her weapon. As she approached, she could tell that it was human. That was only a vague reassurance. After another moment, she realized that it was likewise approaching her. She stopped in her tracks. Oh, how it would be lovely to see. She had to wait for the human to get even closer before she could make out its shape and characteristics properly, and by then it could have a gun trained on her head. In fact, it could already. She wondered whether to make any verbal contact, but the other being took the initiative here also.
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