Thread:TurquoiseEmber/@comment-35989680-20190214000838/@comment-35989680-20190220233917

''Where is she? ''

''She could be just around the corner. ''

''What if she is? ''

''Does she still have the knife? ''

He slowly moved toward to peek around the corner, walking on the tips of his claws. ‘tip’ toeing, as he called it, was a painful but necessary skill when it came to walking silently. It minimalized impact of the pads of his feet on the surface of the ground, and created only a faint tapping noise. He stuck his eye out around the corner.

Nothing was there. He began turning around when he heard it. ''Tip.

''Tap.

''Tip.

''Tap. ''

He peeked again. The noise was coming from further down the hall, in shadow. As he watched, she slowly emerged from the shadow, walking on her talons tips to be quieter. Of course she would. She was the one who’d taught him how.

But not only had he spotted her.

She’d seen him as well.

One Day Earlier 

Mindhunter heard the quiet padding of his siblings as they rounded the corner.

“This is going to be impossible”, Starsplitter, Mind’s twin brother, exclaimed. “Mind ALWAYS beats us!”

“He beats you, Brothermine”, Comprehension, the eldest, said condescendingly. “But it seems to have escaped your memory that I beat him on an almost constant basis. And we are not playing the game singularly, but as a collective unit. So I’ll be helping you.”

“Ugh”, Starsplitter complained. “I’d rather him beat me than have to listen to your almost constant blabbering.”

Comprehension looked thoroughly offended. “My... my what?”

Starsplitter sighed, and Mindhunter did as well from his hidden position. Their brother was so intelligent in some ways, but blind in others. Mind admired his brother but didn’t want to end up like him.

Mentality began peeking around the room. “He’s here”, she said. “I hear his Mind Palace.” Mind cursed under his breath. His Palace was always at work, buzzing and rearranging and expanding. If he forgot to close the gates, she’d be able to read his mind. He quickly pulled the gates shut and quieted the palace.