Shade followed him slowly, cursing her pride at the moment. She looked around at the shops and bright signs trying to push away her pain but it wasn’t working. She knew if she took one more hit she would be down for the count. 

She paused when the child came up and she nodded at his path. After a few minutes behind the girl she said softly “You can call me Ash…by the way. My old crew did…” she flinched and held her side as she asked the girl “what can you tell us of town?”