[ml1201]

Tears shimmer in the corner of her eyes, her happiness now dashed since he was actually terrified of her even though she knew she wouldn't be able to bring herself to hurt him. "I guess you're right, to be afraid of me I mean..." Her voice is a mere whisper as she says this, frozen tears falling from her eyes. She was actually starting to not feel like talking anymore, so she didn't even reply to his comment about the chill. Him telling her that she's probably already infect and that the virus might actually be the cause of her powers just made her feel even worse, not better. Because that now meant that she was what probably caused her family to go nuts on her like they did. "I guess I'm like that too since I mad my family go crazy..." At this point her throat was horse from crying, making it harder and harder for her to even say anything. "If you mean can I read and write instead of listening to what my elders tell me about the world, the answer is no, I can't do those things. No one where I'm from could. We lived mostly out in the woods and usually just ate fruit and vegetables we could find that were knew weren't poisonous. So you talking about 'genes' doesn't make sense to me to be honest..." Hanging her head while she walks she avoids looking at him, knowing that he was only hiding his fear of her only made her feel like it was more and more like he might do something to her because of his fear.

"What could possibly be so dangerous besides things like bears and boars? They usually just leave people alone unless they go near their cubs and piglets. And most times you can just scare them off with fire anyways." Nibbling on the dried meat she becomes more and more tired, mostly from holding back her powers because of how upset she was getting. "Maybe you'd be better off without me tagging along...It's not like I can really fight anyways..."