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Sister Nightroad
"Tally, he said to ah...turn the TV on..." Arella's voice penetrated the wall of thought inside Tahlia's head. Tally? Oh well... "I'll turn it on." She moved to the small TV and flipped it on. Being so close, the images blurred before her eyes before she could make sense of it. However, she could hear it.
"Punish the shifters who choose to terrorize the populace. And thanks to the assistance of forces from the mainland." The TV reporter started talking again, saying how there would be a debate on the show later about the topic. Arella moved off the bed and touched the TV screen. Tahlia still couldn't see the moving pictures properly, but she heard gunfire, and the sound of a collapsing building. "Tally... what are they going to...do to us shifters? Ah...what about those of us who...don't have anything to do with this?"
Arella sounded close to tears, causing Tahlia to look up. She turned the TV off and told Arella, "Tell Kairos that if he tries to get out right now, someone is going to stop him. Obviously someone in this building has to have seen this too and will send guards out to quiet the ruckus going on inside the cells. You can hear it can't you? Listen, we cannot rely on faith, so we're just going to have to go off words. We can try to help Kairos out but if we move rashly then we'll get nothing done."
Tahlia pressed her fingers against her temples. I already called the guard, and since they don't know it was me (actually they prolly do) they'll go check it out. While they are there they will stand around for at least a day or so to make sure that no one tries to get out to stop what's going on outside. There are prolly a few people who've shifted because of the stress but I'm sure they can easily be handled. What now? What do I do?
Arella nodded and sniffed back a few tears. "Kairos...Ah don't leave your room. Um...Someone is going to...come to quiet the other shifters and if you try to leave they'll move you somewhere....where you will never get out....okay? Tally said...don't do anything rash...kay? Um...um...Just stay put!"
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