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Lettuce was pacing the street. "What on earth was that woman talking about? who does she think she is? My daughter, a DEMON?" Rants Lettuce. Pai is standing off to the side. "Half Demon," he says. "What?" snaps Lettuce. "He said she was a half demon," says Pai. 'nice going,' he mentally kicks himself after seeing the fury on Lettuce's face. "There's a difference," he mutters. "AS BIG A DIFFERENCE AS CYNICLONS AND HUMANS? WE'REBOTH BASICALLY THE SAME, GIVE OR TAKE A FEW UNNATURAL POWERS!"shouts Lettuce. "A demon is a demon." Pai doesn't bother correcting her. He knows there is indeed a difference between demons and half-demons. People on his planet occasionally were hunted by a demon. Basically, they had some humanoid features, but often burnt, twisted flesh, red eyes, and horns or ears or a tail or all of those.
Lettuce, meanwhile, is pacing and muttering. How on earth did Melody get here? How on earth did she herself get here, as a matter of fact? where was that nice country road? And what on earth is going on in this town? She pays no mind to Pai, who is now trying to say something to her. "Lettuce," Pai whispers. "Lettuce, quick! Get the gun!" but Lettuce isn't listening. Pai curses himself for sending her into this mental rant with herself. He grabs her arm. "Lettuce, the gun!" hisses Pai. Lettuce looks over in the direction Pai is staring. She opens her mouth to scream, but nothing comes out. In front of them is a dog-like creature. Its flesh is tough and green, it's teeth are at least 4 inches tall, and the creature is bleeding from the mouth. It lets out a sound like a something being strangled.
Lettuce cannot move. she stands rigid and prays to God that the monster will go away. Pai is the only one with the capability to move. He reaches out carefully, grabs Lettuce's purse, rifles in it for a second, and pulls his hand out. In it is the gun and two bullets. Pai fumbles to reload, and Lettuce stands and hyperventilates. 'this is it,' she thinks. 'I am going to die.' the creature lunges, massive teeth bared, straight for Lettuce. She closes her eyes, holding her breath...
bang! bang!
when Lettuce looks up again, she sees the creature lying on the ground, completely still. by it is a small pool of tomato-red. Lettuce looks over to Pai, who has lowered the gun with a trembling arm. "You saved me," she says numbly. The next thing Pai knows, he is having touble breathing, he's being hugged so hard. "Not, really... Lettuce... It was...easy," He chokes out. "No it wasn't!" exclaims Lettuce. "I was so scared I couldn't move! Can you ever forgive me?" "for... what," says Pai. "for chickening out!" exclaims Lettuce. "There's...nothing... to forgive... I would... have panicked, too.. if that thing had...come...towards..me," Pai is now pretty sure he's suffocating.
Finally, Lettuce lets go of him. He gulps in air. The mews may have stopped fighting 7 years ago, but Lettuce still had muscle to show for it. In fact, Pai is wondering how many painkillers he'll have to take before he can breathe normally. Judging from the way his ribs are throbbing, he'll have to take a nearly fatal overdose.
Lettuce, though,is looking around. She can't explain it, but something seems... different. And then she sees why. A girl in black stands across the street from them. She has on a black dress with a pattern of lilies on the skirt. The top is black velvet. Her hair is a dirty blonde, and her eyes are downcast. "Hello?" calls out Lettuce to the girl. The girl looks up. She sees them standing across the street. Slowly, hesitantly, the girl begins to cross the street. when she is about 2 yards from them, she stops.
"Hello," says Lettuce in a rush. "I'm looking for my daughter. have you seen her?" Lettuce shoves a picture under the girls nose. The girl studies the picture for a moment, and then shakes her head. "No," she says in a delicate, dry voice. "I haven't seen her." Lettuce's face falls. "where could she be?" she whispers to herself. "Have you tried the school?" asks the mysterious girl. "It's not a nice place, but it's fairly safe."
"No," says Lettuce, brightening. "I haven't! I'll check there." Lettuce grabs Pai's arm and starts quickly in the direction she last saw the sign for a school. "Thank you," she calls over her shoulder. "Your welcome," the girl whispers. "Be careful." With that she turns and hobbles towards the cemetery. Time to visit Mother again.