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[sup]Current Location: Lonely Road - Interacting With: Jain & Amy - Mentioned: Benny[/sup]

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[color=gray]Hearing of a trooper die this close to Lasthope was enough to disconcert Maisy. They had set out mere hours ago from their previous encampment, and the twenty-nine member expedition was now down to twenty-eight. In the end, it had made Maisy reconsider the circumstances that were set out in front of them. Was it truly possible for them the goals that were set out by the council? Dwelling on her thoughts, Maisy continued to lead the squadron rode down the empty streets of a civilization gone.

Maisy soon nodded to reaffirm herself. There was no time for the rancher to hold her head low when so many people depended on both her and Jain.[/color] [color=moccasin][b]"You can't change the past, Jain. I might die. You might die. Anyone of us might die. This is our world and our reality. Only through blood, sweat, and tears can we change it."[/b][/color] [color=gray]Maisy explained, attempting to restore some confidence in their commander. As resilient as Jain was, death was sensitive subject to all but the jaded, especially when a bite meant that you were already dead.

Rather than continue to make conversation over the death of a trooper, Maisy decided to return to her duties. Her sight had still yet not spotted any walkers, nor had Maisy seen anyone of their group missing so far, double-checking as reassurance after what had just happened to Hector's squad. What Maisy did spot, however, was Amy's gaze. Only for a moment did the two lock eyes, but it was more than enough to alert Maisy of the tension that existed between the two women.

It also was more than obvious why the tension existed between them. While they were allies in name, they were also rivals in another manner. On opposite sides during the Battle of the Locks, there was certainly a divide that still existed between the two women. Maisy had lost friends during that fateful battle, and even then she was forced into skirmishes with the Portland Pirates long after the battle as their sworn enemies pecked away at their flanks.

Nonetheless, Maisy was willing to close the divide that stood between the two women. It was a struggle for the rancher to trust the outsider even if she was conscripted into service. The damage had been done, yet Amy tried her hardest to prove her loyalty to Lasthope, even going as far to help the expedition with technological assistance. It was enough for Maisy to consider giving the former pirate a second chance, but until Amy was willing to meet on equal terms, the rancher would forever regard her with caution.[/color]

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