Before the child responded, she looked over as another wolves readied to attack. Before she could so much as summon a spark, a barrage of daggers rendered the beast dead. She glanced back to Scarlet, impressed at the woman’s throwing skills. She inhaled slightly as she noticed the woman’s change in eye color.

[i]So she’s not human, either, then.[/i]  Faira looked back to the child as Ann clung onto her once more.

[b]“That was soooo scary!”[/b]

“Yeah, you’re telling me,” she muttered, running a hand through her hair. With the threat of the wolf pack--and Marianne, at least for the time being--gone, she bent to her knees and sat on her feet, both to be more eye-level with the child and to insure her legs really did not give out on her. “You’re name’s Ann, right?”

She glanced to Scarlet as the woman asked her own question.