working on a jailbreak.

WINRY Winry tries to keep quiet; she knows that there are beasts out here that would snap her into their jaws the first chance they get, dining on her flesh like a fine delicacy. She knows she would make a tasty treat for any hungry passerby who fancied a light snack. It's a disturbing thought that does nothing to quell her ever-growing anxiety, but she presses onward. She must not leave any corner of the Rift unexplored in her quest for a cure - she hasn't the time for cowardice. The distant snapping of twigs quakes her spine, filling her gut with the urge to run - but not away... no, towards. She stops in her tracks, fidgeting nervously. Part of her is pulled away from the course she has set for herself, knowing something - someone - is out there. But can she risk it? Is it worth the possibility of unimaginable, gut-wrenching things happening? Her throat constricts, the thick knot in her stomach twisting in on itself. Against her better judgement, she pulls herself from her set course, relying on pure instinct to guide her towards the source of the noise. She pushes her way through thick foliage, the scrape of bark harsh against the sensitive flesh of her sides. At first, she doesn't quite understand what she sees as she approaches. She thinks at first maybe it is a small creature of some sorts; then as the underbrush clears and the fog thins, she comes to the sudden, nearly halting realization that the being before her is a child. She bursts through the trees, carelessly bolting in his direction. She doesn't stop to think of the action may startle him - she thinks only of protecting the small boy from the creatures that lurk around them in the thick shadows. "Are you alright?!" she gasps, blue eyes wide. "What are you doing out here all by yourself, child? Where are your parents?" So many questions race through her cluttered mind. OOC: Same, sorry D: I'm writing and posting this way past my bedtime xD @Casca the dragonmaid native riftian

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