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Sep. 5th, 2017 12:19 pmAug 30, 2017
The letter arrives a little unexpectedly. Sara isn't even officially moved into the house, yet, and it's sitting on the windowsill when she walks into the kitchen. She doesn't even realize what it is, at first. It's sitting there, folded up to look like some sort of bird, and all she can think is that someone put it there.
Which means someone besides her was in the house.
She looks through each room and closet, making sure nobody's started squatting since the last time she was here. That'd be just her luck, wouldn't it? But each place she checks is reassuringly empty. It's only once she's satisfied she's still alone that she returns to inspect the little bird. She can see the writing on the paper through the folds. It's not newspaper, or magazine. Someone put those words there, and then put the bird there for her to find.
Sara frowns, but opens the letter, carefully unfolding it from its unique shape. She doesn't want to tear the page, and might even want to refold it once she's done reading it.
The lettering is so careful that for a moment, she thinks it could be Cid's. But, no. The shape of the a's, the slight slant of the letters, aren't quite right. She'd know Cid's handwriting if she saw it, and this isn't it. She presses the fingers of one hand against her lips as she reads, and frowns when she sees Melanie's name at the end.
Who is Newt? Not her boss. She's positive he'd tell her if he met a girl that tried to eat him. Are there other Newts in Darrow? Do they all share faces, like Greta and Sara do, or just names? It's hardly a common name.
She reads back over the letter again, pursing her lips now.
Thank you for being nice to me. I'm sorry I scared you.
Wharever Melanie is, Sara can't imagine she'd write something like this if she didn't mean it. She remembers the way Melanie had tried to warn her back at first, told her to stay away because it wasn't safe.
She needs to see this girl again. She needs to know she's okay.
That means she needs to find this Newt. Whoever he is.
The letter arrives a little unexpectedly. Sara isn't even officially moved into the house, yet, and it's sitting on the windowsill when she walks into the kitchen. She doesn't even realize what it is, at first. It's sitting there, folded up to look like some sort of bird, and all she can think is that someone put it there.
Which means someone besides her was in the house.
She looks through each room and closet, making sure nobody's started squatting since the last time she was here. That'd be just her luck, wouldn't it? But each place she checks is reassuringly empty. It's only once she's satisfied she's still alone that she returns to inspect the little bird. She can see the writing on the paper through the folds. It's not newspaper, or magazine. Someone put those words there, and then put the bird there for her to find.
Sara frowns, but opens the letter, carefully unfolding it from its unique shape. She doesn't want to tear the page, and might even want to refold it once she's done reading it.
The lettering is so careful that for a moment, she thinks it could be Cid's. But, no. The shape of the a's, the slight slant of the letters, aren't quite right. She'd know Cid's handwriting if she saw it, and this isn't it. She presses the fingers of one hand against her lips as she reads, and frowns when she sees Melanie's name at the end.
Who is Newt? Not her boss. She's positive he'd tell her if he met a girl that tried to eat him. Are there other Newts in Darrow? Do they all share faces, like Greta and Sara do, or just names? It's hardly a common name.
She reads back over the letter again, pursing her lips now.
Thank you for being nice to me. I'm sorry I scared you.
Wharever Melanie is, Sara can't imagine she'd write something like this if she didn't mean it. She remembers the way Melanie had tried to warn her back at first, told her to stay away because it wasn't safe.
She needs to see this girl again. She needs to know she's okay.
That means she needs to find this Newt. Whoever he is.
