Nav looked over at their datemate. Plessie was standing rigidly, staring at the dusty, twilit horizon. Nav couldn’t see anything special among the long shadows of the sparsely growing weeds, but they knew quite well that what they could see was only a fraction of what was there.
They slowly walked in front of Plessie, who didn’t respond to their presence. The reptilian’s inner eyelids covered her dilated eyes.
“Plessie?” They slowly moved their hand towards her. “You see anything I should know about?”
As they gently set their hand on her shoulder, Plessie flinched. She looked at Nav with unfocused eyes, not seeming to recognize them at all.
They retracted their arm. “Hey. It’s okay. It’s just me. Only your Nav.”
Plessie relaxed, her lanky body resuming its customary slouch.
“We need to get out of here.” She said, her deep voice shaking slightly. “Something’s coming. Something big. Fast.”
A Better Birthright – Chapter Two
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