The loiness shook it. *Abigale. I go by Abi.*

Darius
Darius nodded, and proceeded to share everyone's names.

The soilder raised his hand. *im Mark.* then he proceeded to rip off his army patches and medals, and crush them under his boot. *and I wanna help you guys.*

The slave sniffed. Looking closely, she seemed barely a teenager. Actually, more like she just hit puberty. *im Alice. I go by Ali.*

Abi smiled at her sister. *copycat, huh?*

Ali smiled nervously. *says the actual cat.*

Abi laughed.

Darius
Darius looked at Mark, and said, "Is this normal?"

Mark shrugged. *iv been with them for about a week. From what I can tell, hes.*

Darius
"Great...," Darius muttered.

Mark just nodded.

Myra walked over, and eyed the newcomers. *who are these guys?*

Darius
"They're fellow refugees from the humans," Darius said.

Myra smiled. *sweet.*

Maia was slithering around, giggling and looking at everyone.

The fox edged closer, watching the group as he neared. Suddenly, his paw came down on a twig, snapping it. "I've lived here for thirty years," he thought, " Surely in that time I could figure out how to not snap twigs as I'm walking."

Shara
At the snap, Shara's unusually large ears turned, and her head followed. She nudged Darius, indicating the direction the sound came from, and said, "See anything over there?"

Darius
Peering in the direction Shara indicated, Darius saw the point of a pale ear.
"Fennec. Older one. Likely in his fifth decade," Darius said.