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As the pair left the store and stepped into the sunlight, Norma definitely felt a wave of tenseness overcome her, unknowingly gripping the woman's hand tighter and glancing over her shoulder. Just being out in public felt somehow dangerous, wrong.

Before, she would have ducked into that alley and ran back to the junkyard, but this time there was someone here with her, [i]talking[/i] to her.

"My name..." Looking up at Ophelia, she hesitated. "I'm Puppy." She pointed at herself confidently despite its silliness. Inside, she felt a connection to this name she never was able to feel for what her parents had named her. A trio of cars drove by in succession, the girl shuddered falling back on alert.