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wanting to forget how to speak and start growling like him. She waits for him to react, to growl in warning, when nothing happens, she continues. "I think he's a doctor... maybe a CEO of a company... the wife, well, she likes being had home with the twins, both five. That one, he looks like a Cody, he's a wild one, he likes sports and being a terror..." She then points at the other boy, "His name is Nathan. Nathan is shy, he likes books and snuggling with his mother. He's a good boy..." She tries not to flinch when 'he' noiselessly sits beside her, his body nearly over her as he looks at the framed photo. "I... They like camping as a family and zoos, both twins like animals." She finishes, her insides beginning to twist, not use to having the beast this close without having a particular action following. She's afraid.
    The beast lowly growls, it's not threatening, but her body stiffens anyway. She frowns at the father's smiling face, a shaky breath escapes her as she feels him nudge into her. She looks up at him, his gaze on her photo. His look is almost... questioning. Another growl from him has her scooting away, dropping the frame onto the floor. He only looks at her with darkening eyes.
    She quickly begins regretting her sudden move. Her gaze quickly leaves his, her head bowing. She quietly prays she hasn't upset him. When nothing happens, she looks up, finding him gone. He's no longer in the circular room. A sigh of relief escapes her. She crawls slowly to the blue blanket, neatly folded a few feet from her, she wraps it around her shoulders. She curls her numb toes and dryly swallows, her fingers twitching. She brings her legs against herself, pressing her face into them. Her body shook. She quietly curses herself.
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    Alasa is unsure why, but 'he' wakes her up suddenly, the heat of his too hot hands sinking through her new jacket, burning her flesh. Her body springs upwards and she backs away from him in surprise, her breath caught inside of her. He grabs her a second later with a low growl and yanks her up as if she was a small child.
    She barely has any time to set her feet firmly on the ground before he is pulling her out, out towards the opening. Alasa stumbles, her feet tangling around one another as she tries keeping up with him. Once inside the tunnel the inky darkness of it is nearly shocking, her bare feet are cut by rocks, her body shivers. She could see nothing, but 'he' marched on, as if the crippling blackness was nothing to him.
    Finally, after many twists and turns, she finds her footing and she finds herself walking instead of being harshly dragged. 'He' continues one, heat coming off of him like a faulty heater. She's afraid, she's unsure what he's doing. He had never allowed her out of the cave before. He had never done anything like this before. They continue forward, an obvious destination she was ignorant to in sight.
    Then, light, a tiny speck of light appears before her and a breeze hits her in the face and her sweaty hair sweeps across her face. A dangerous level of hope begins to swell inside of her at the thought of... Outside...outside... How long had it been since her skin had felt the warm rays of sunlight? How long had it been since breathing in air not weighed down by musk and mold? Much too long, so long, she finds herself picking up pace towards her beacon of light. Excitement curls around her muscles and her hope blossoms into happiness in her stomach. It was dangerous, she was aware, but it had such a long time...
    Then she is blinded by the light, tiny pricks of pain assaults throbbing eyes. She closes them. When they open and her vision clears, she finds herself outside. A rebellious smile falls onto her lips as she looks at the very first thing she can see, it's a partly cloudy sky, blue as Alasa remembers with fluffy white clouds doting it. It hurts, looking at it, but the young woman cannot bring herself to look away.
    'His' growl has her attention snapping to the beast, he's