04-28-2008, 06:01 AM
At the sharpness of his voice, Hero twitched as if she'd been slapped. The girl's eyes swam now with a sort of sadness, as if disappointing him was the end of the world. Hero sunk down, her eyes now scanning the floor with shame. He listed off her options, though Hero did not wish to be escorted off, or leave in the first place. Perhaps, if she ran now, then she could manage to hide and stick around longer? But, he was so intriguing! Hero could feel a natural pull to him, the sort she felt when she knew there was someone she could trust nearby. Well, he was waiting!
Hero took a breath, as if to scream, before she held it, then slowly exhaled. "Well, I saw..." Hero stopped, her face contorting. This was a tricky subject. She didn't expect him not to believe her, but rather she despised speaking of such an outlandish ability. 'Lie,' her mind hissed, though it was a set rule against her morals not to. It was better than talking about it, though... "My friend at college said that she saw a ghost here. I guess I was staring at the moon too long, so it was probably just an afterimage, but I thought I saw something." Lie, lie, lie! "So I jumped the fence... You scared me half to death, jumping out of nowhere like that that...!" LIE! "I fainted." Hero was staring at the ground, her speech growing softer the more she continued into her fake story.
Obviously a terrible liar, she looked up through her bangs at the gravedigger, smiling questionably. Honestly, she didn't expect him to believe a word, but at least she didn't have to explain about her strange beyond-normal sight. Hero shifted her weight onto her bad ankle, winced, and then moved back. That was going to hurt like a bitch in the morning. "I am sorry for causing you so much trouble, sir!" Hero added, this time her voice full and rich with the apology, as if her entire heart went out into those simple words. She bowed her head so far he couldn't see her face, as if expecting some sort of harsh word or blow. The girl stood back up straight, her face reading as plainly as a map of her emotions.
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