The hostility in the City was overwhelming today, and Audrey hurried along through the mall, wondering why she had bothered to leave the apartment at all.
Oh right, she thought as she hung a sharp left, dodging through the crowd of locals - who were already eyeing her a bit more than she liked. We need bread. And as far as she knew, Dwight was out fixing things.
She needed the exercise anyway. Her ankle was better, but it was still a little weak, and she needed to work it to make it strong again. Suddenly, right when she was approaching the grocery store, someone bumped her - hard - and because her ankle wasn't quite to the point where it should have been, it gave out beneath her, sending her knocked over into a couple other people to her right. The bump jostled her bad arm, and she hissed loudly, scrunching up her face as she tried to get her footing back.
But it was no use; whoever she had been knocked into shoved her away, yelling "Hey, watch where you're going!"
Finally she caught her balance, but the damage was already done. She turned and looked at the civilian who had pushed her back with wide eyes, lips parted a little as her mind raced. "I'm sorry, I didn't-"
Right then someone else knocked her bad arm, and she doubled over, clutching it to her torso as she tried to remain calm. The crowd was quickly becoming overwhelming, and she had lost much of her momentum. She wasn't in the right headspace to use her ability, so she just started backing up, making sure to hold onto her arm as she turned to leave before the situation got worse than it already had.
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Oh right, she thought as she hung a sharp left, dodging through the crowd of locals - who were already eyeing her a bit more than she liked. We need bread. And as far as she knew, Dwight was out fixing things.
She needed the exercise anyway. Her ankle was better, but it was still a little weak, and she needed to work it to make it strong again. Suddenly, right when she was approaching the grocery store, someone bumped her - hard - and because her ankle wasn't quite to the point where it should have been, it gave out beneath her, sending her knocked over into a couple other people to her right. The bump jostled her bad arm, and she hissed loudly, scrunching up her face as she tried to get her footing back.
But it was no use; whoever she had been knocked into shoved her away, yelling "Hey, watch where you're going!"
Finally she caught her balance, but the damage was already done. She turned and looked at the civilian who had pushed her back with wide eyes, lips parted a little as her mind raced. "I'm sorry, I didn't-"
Right then someone else knocked her bad arm, and she doubled over, clutching it to her torso as she tried to remain calm. The crowd was quickly becoming overwhelming, and she had lost much of her momentum. She wasn't in the right headspace to use her ability, so she just started backing up, making sure to hold onto her arm as she turned to leave before the situation got worse than it already had.