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Irene looked out over the moors. The setting sun spread its magnificence across the sky. Bleargh. Cat's cuddled in carriers as they slept and dreamed of large, legless mice and oceans of half and half. Bundled together for warmth and protection against the unknown worlds that waited outside. One cat, a large tom with impressive markings, stared into the aether. His golden/green eyes unblinking in the golden sun of the late summer afternoon. |
| Pain blossomed along her jaw as she ran into the door jamb. That's gonna leave a bruise. She felt her legs scrabbling for purchase on the slick, moving floor to no avail. Her hands, bruised and clumsy in the cold, wouldn't grab at the handles she'd so carefully screwed into the panels so many miles ago. Down she went. Curling into the fetal position, she instinctively covered her head with her arms. Sharp blows to her bony elbows and over the too vulnerable vertebrae left her gasping for breath through the pain. |