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Alright, time to continue.
Jekyll's eyes widened. It couldn't have been the wolf he named Salene… could it? Sawyer looked at her as though he recognized her but he couldn't quite remember how.
"Salene was that wo-" Jekyll started and stopped when the girl pulled a leather collar with round studs away from her neck.
"Bark?" she said smiling. Jekyll's mind flipped and span wildly. He was so confused.
"You've tied in with a tramp, Henry." Hyde vocalized in Jekyll's mind. Jekyll was in no mood for Hyde's aggravating comments.
"Shut up, you fiend!" Jekyll shouted in his mind. Surprisingly, Hyde did shut up.
"You seem oddly familiar." Sawyer said pointing at Salene. The name rang clearly in his mind from his past and her features were once seen before in a time such as his childhood. Salene's expression relaxed into a solemn face and she looked at Sawyer as though she was telepathically reminding him of something.
"Don't you remember?" she asked. Instantly, a memory of a small, white, wolf cub rolled in a ball in Sawyer's small, childhood arms flashed in his mind for but a moment.
"…Salene…" he whispered. Somehow he remembered something of the girl before now. Tears began to form behind his eyes and he had to excuse himself so that he wouldn't embarrass himself in front of the others.
"Alright then, shall we prepare for Venice? We'll arrive by eleven." Quartermain said.
"What about that last girl?" Skinner asked, stepping forward.
"My sister?" Salene asked Skinner.
"We'll continue fine without her." Quartermain said before Skinner could answer her question (however he could). Salene walked over by Jekyll who seemed to recover slightly form his dizziness.
Skinner wanted to go to his room to get ready for Venice, or better yet, rest. He came up to the hallway when he bumped into a girl. She wore a blue dress with sleeves that hung off her shoulders. She had brown eyes and dirty blonde hair. She got startled and took off running before anyone seemed to notice.
"Woah." Skinner said.
"What?" Mina asked form behind him.
"That girl…"
"What girl?"
"…Uh… never mind." He staggered to his room and Mina looked at him awkwardly. Jekyll and Salene were the only ones left in the room. It was the first time Salene was around Jekyll in her human form. For Jekyll, it was a little strange but it didn't bother him too much because the League was naturally a weird group of individuals.
" I-I wanted to thank you, Jekyll." Salene said looking at him smiling.
"For what?"
"Having concern for me, naming me, accepting me."
"Why shouldn't I have?"
"Because I'm a werewolf."
"But you were just a wolf."
"Yeah, I'm a werewolf."
"Heh… Extraordinary."
They laughed.
"So are you surprised?" Salene asked still giggling.
"A little… but I'm mostly surprised that you licked Sawyer."
"He's an old friend, I was in my wolf form, and I wanted to jog his memory. I wasn't breaking any rules."
"I see."
"So what makes you extraordinary?"
"I-I… I have a… split personality…"
"I guess that we have something in common."
"But you only turn into a wolf."
"Not exactly. I become uncontrollable, big, furry, angry, hungry, and vicious when the moon takes control of my form."
Jekyll wasn't sure if he should ask but the question sort of slipped, "…Does it hurt?"
"…Every time… I'm sure the same can be said for you, Dr Jekyll?"
"P-please, call me Henry."
"Henry…"
Jekyll nodded and readjusted his jacket collar as if he needed air or to release some mild tension. Salene placed her hand over his hand that was readjusting his collar.
"Henry… don't be uncomfortable around me. I want you to feel comfortable and safe." She said looking with her grey eyes deep into his own. He sighed relaxingly and relaxed his hand, wrapping his hand over hers. He closed his eyes, sighed, and smiled.
"Thank you." He said.
"For what?"
"Having concern for me."
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