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[movingon]

The evening after the market, starting just after sundown, a young woman is wandering around the city. She doesn't look like much - jeans, a hoodie against the cold, sneakers, slightly shaggy brown hair - and will try to stay away from the richer parts of town.

Sometimes she can be caught looking around in worry, studying the face of people that looked at her - Malin still can't quite believe that this collar is really working. That she really looks human again.

But she does. Looking down at her own hands, looking at her reflection, watching other people's reaction to her, she clearly does.

With time, she will grow bolder, even approach people - sometimes to just exchange a greeting with someone taking their dog out after work, sometimes to bother a promising looking person for a few dollars, sometimes to ask the way to a soup kitchen or a cheap club. Not that she wants to go to those places or really needs money, but she wants to try out this illusion and also... talk to people.

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[movingon]

"Only if it's not a difference of "die now or die in two hundred years"." If you'll die soon either way and going along with world saving efforts might prevent certain death at about the same time as you'd die in any other way, she could consider joining up with such efforts. But seriously? World endings?

[helborn]

"We're not going to get that long if they get their hands on things. But... well. Not everyone can fight. I don't have a choice." There's a hint of bitterness to that last bit, but it's true. Would he still fight if he didn't have these abilities? He's not sure.

[movingon]

"As in, someone is forcing you to?"

She raises and eyebrow at him, though not for long because she is also keeping an eye on the way ahead of them and trying to at the same time keep an eye on their surroundings. Being wary never hurts.

[helborn]

"Something like that." He doesn't want to think about what would happen if he refused. He'd probably be killed and be in even worse trouble than he already is.

[movingon]

"Then it's not like you can help it." No actual heroism going on here. She can get being forced into a line of action, one way or the other.

"But yeah, I think you'll be forced to stay here. I doubt there's a way out."