By a hill in the woods
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Was it a serious question? Either way, she answered it like one. Doll Girl nodded happily. "That and anything else it needs. This one protects him, too. That is its job. What skills does Alexander have?" Cecily scooted to be closer to Alex, stopping nearly on top of him. Her understanding of personal space was not vast.
Being being quite fond of his personal space, Alex bent away as much as he could, almost pressing himself against the hillside to avoid physical contact. "I- I- uh, not much to speak of." He had a hard time looking directly at Cecily when she was this close. "I guess I make a decent laborer." He inched away from her slowly as he replied.
Cecily crossed her legs at the ankle, sitting back and waiting, bewildered, as he stuttered and slunk away from her. "Alexander is good at hauling things from place to place? Can he drive? Does he follow orders well?" She paused thinking of something. She eyed his torso and arms over. "Is he strong?" Then her eyebrows rose as she came to some realization. "What is Alexander's half-breed?"
Alex moved so far as the other end of the pile of furs before he had a comfortable amount of personal space again. He nodded in reply to Cecily's first questions, but was hesitant to answer the last one. "Well... I'm pretty much human. I prefer not talking about... that which isn't."
Cecily wondered what that which was, but she didn't ask. He didn't want to answer her, and she had no desire of her own to force him. "Well," she chirped, pulling a piece of paper and a pen from the utility belt she wore and scribbled something down.
Doll Girl held the paper out, which read:
Klaus Rosales
223-555-0968
"This one's Keeper would be happy to have Alexander as an employee. Alexander can call him here or visit him here." Cecily scribbled down an address beneath the number.
Alex rached out and accepted the piece of paper. "I'm going to want to get my hands on some money eventually, so I'll look into it. Thanks." He put the contact information in his belt pouch. "If you don't mind me asking, what were you doing, wandering about all the way out here? Are you looking for something?" He very intentionally avoided suggesting anything about being lost.
Perhaps Cecily was lost, though, she would deny such things. To be lost, one had to be searching for something in particular, didn't they?
"It had wandered in the forest because it saw a butterfly....and then a flower. And a leaf. It heard some water, and it wanted to see that, too. It followed many things and then it saw the camp and wanted to see that, too." Doll Girl's smile was gentle, innocent. She didn't look afraid or worried about how she would find her way back.
"Alexander says this is far? How far are they in the forest? This one did not pay attention. It was very distracted by all the pretty things."
Alex smiled at her, clearly appreciating her approach to nature. "The lake's that way" he said, and pointed. "You might want to get going before your keeper gets worried." He didn't want to get rid of her, but she seemed like she needed some direction.
"Alexander does not like that this one calls Mr. Rosales 'Keeper,' does he? He puts an odd strain on the word like it is bad. It thinks Keeper sounds pretty." Cecily paused and canted her head as if listening to something, and then shook her head. "Can Alexander show this one to the lake? It will get distracted if it does not walk with someone."-
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