As Cat drew closer, she began to slowly make out figures. There was a man looking down somewhere else. In her mind, Cat figured perhaps something had happened - a squabble, a fight, something perhaps innocent in nature. Or perhaps only as "innocent" as these things could get. Surely it was nothing to be afraid of. That changed as she drew closer and the man turned to see her. Her eyes widened a bit, and her run slowed. With his shout of "Hey!", she at last came to a full stop, about twenty feet away.

At his feet was a dead man. The sunlight above glistened against the deputy badge. The heart within her cage began to flutter faster as Cat felt survival instincts kicking in. This was because she recognized the face of the man standing there: William Davie, or The Traveler as some knew him. Having come through Kentucky and Missouri, she had seen a few wanted posters with his face on it. She had always wondered just how accurate those things were, and now, gazing at the face before her, they seemed to be far, far too accurate.

Still, she had learned a few skills, and that was how to get out of a prickly situation - whether it was an angry customer or a known criminal. She smiled wide, and tried to show a charming gleam in her eye. "Oh, I beg your pardon, good sir," she said, her voice having a twang to it. Her accent was a weird mixture of southern lilt and northern sophistication, owing to a mother from Georgia and a father from New York. "I seem to have interrupted your uh..." Her eyes glanced down to the body. "Discussion. I see things went your way." She held up her hands, showing slender fingers that did not carry a gun. However, she was still aware of the pepperbox under her skirt.

"If I'm intrudin', I again beg your pardon. A lady should know her manners! Might I interest you in a ride somewhere? You look like you may need to be uh... making distance from others who would be most disagreeable to you." She didn't entirely want the man to be riding with her, but she also tried to put on an air of friendliness, hoping that the man would understand she was not a threat to him.