Silverwit

Tau & Titan (Sevinya & Silverwit)

He took the 'card' and studied it intently for a moment. He couldn't make heads nor tails of it, so he placed it into his other pocket. 'Tau'.

He looked up as she called back to him, and grunted an affirmation, running a few steps to catch up with her. He mentally took stock as he did. He did genuinely want to help her, that much was true. She clearly had either some form of medical issue or just a more general drug problem. He was leaning towards the latter. This whole city (if you could even call it a city) seemed to be infested with drug-based crime.

He looked at his reflection in a mirrored window as they passed it. His left eye was starting to go bloodshot. He closed it to allow it to re-moisturize, but didn't slow his pace.

He hadn't been lying. He wasn't a cop. It certainly wouldn't be prudent to attempt to change singlehandedly what was arguably the cultural cornerstone of this entire area. So the question was, why did he care if this random person had a drug problem?

He watched her back as she walked confidently in front of him, and he thought. She reminds me of Thrush a bit. Maybe that's what it is. And who knows? Maybe she'd know something about his brother. Unlikely, all things considered, but you never-

He nearly crashed into her before he realized she'd stopped.

Tau & Titan (Sevinya & Silverwit)

Titan made a note to himself: chippers were incredibly rare around here. Probably best not to flash it around like that. He quickly stowed it away back in his pocket. He decided that perhaps this was a good opportunity.

"Like I said, free meal. All I want to do is talk. I'm really not as interesting as you're probably thinking I am, but I can tell you who I am and why I'm here if you wish."

He stepped forward, holding his hands up once more in a placating gesture.

"My name is Titan. I seriously just want to help, that's all."

Tau & Titan (Sevinya & Silverwit)

Titan felt kind of bad, he was pretty sure he was largely responsible for her being late. He shuffled his feet a bit, then spoke up.

"Listen, I know what you must think of me, but I can see when I've messed up. If you want, we can go somewhere and talk,
and get something to eat."

He grabbed the wallet out of his pocket from under the stolen cash, and thumbed out a small silver chipper. The tiny card was oddly heavy today. His allowance must have been bigger than he expected.

Tau & Titan (Sevinya & Silverwit)

Titan stepped up next to his new companion, looking at the Earth before them. It was a strange feeling. He'd grown up far away from the home planet, had never even seen it before coming here, and yet he still couldn't help but feel sad about the fate of it. He watched as one of the massive gray shapes on the planet's surface began to shift.

He absentmindedly covered his eye with his hand, and turned away. "Lead on. Didn't you say we were in a hurry, young lady?"

He walked on past the view, purposely avoiding looking at the planet again, and kept his stride short so that she could easily overtake him again.

Tau & Titan (Sevinya & Silverwit)

She stormed off, but he had no problem keeping up with her. A small droplet of blood meandered from below his eye, but he wiped it away while she wasn't looking. She was struggling with a pill. He ignored her attempts to mock him, and walked over. Quicker than she could react, he took the package from her, pushed the pill free, and handed both the pill and package back into her grasping hands.

He resisted the urge to use his eye again to see the effects the pill had on her body. What was it she wanted to do? Some kind of job, it seemed. His mind drifted back to the last man who he was now rather convinced had scammed him, and his 'job interview'.

He was rather impressed at her ability to continue swearing, both at him and in general, as she took the drug and made her way through the ass-end of the city. His stride was easily able to keep pace with hers, and he made a conscious effort to stay next to her where she could see him from the corner of her eye. He hoped maybe this would help to calm her down.

Tau & Titan (Sevinya & Silverwit)

He raised an eyebrow at the word 'vacation', but didn't comment on it. Noticing her grow unsteady on her feet, he blinked his left eye, almost like he was winking at her. The eye shuddered a bit, then looked her up and down, narrowing. It told him that her body was obviously going through withdrawal. He'd heard that the drug situation was out of control over here.

His eye also told him that she wasn't in danger of dying. A small line of steam trailed out from under the eyelid. He blinked it again briefly, then clasped his other hand on her shoulder gently.

"I know what you must think of me. I'm sorry I messed that up for you."

As she opened her mouth to retort, he let go of her shoulder and raised a finger in a quieting manner.

"If you don't want to talk, that's fine. But why not let me help you, like you said? I don't need anything out of it."

He released her wrist from his grasp, and raised his hands in a placating gesture.

Tau & Titan (Sevinya & Silverwit)

He watched the men walk away from the corner of his eye, but didn't take his focus off her as she struggled to free herself from his grasp. He made sure his grip wasn't tight enough to actually hurt her.

"No, young lady, I'm not a cop. Listen, is there a place where we can sit and talk?"

This time, Thrush's words came to mind. "No one is bad because they wanna be, dude. Help someone with a big problem, and hey. That might be all that was making them do that stuff in the first place."

Thrush was never as good at speeches as Tiger was, but Titan understood what she meant all the same.

Tau & Titan (Sevinya & Silverwit)

He'd had some time to think, in the young lady's absence. Upon hearing the man's response, he was now pretty sure he knew what was going on here. He sighed a little bit, kicking himself internally. Tiger had always said, "If you're going to be big and brave like me, you have to know what you're about to do is dumb, and then suck it up and do it anyway."

Once again, Titan grabbed her around the wrist. As she turned to look at him, clearly shocked, he spoke calmly and clearly.

"Young lady, how much of this money is stolen?"

And before she could respond, he turned to the men and looked them up and down.

"I don't think you gentlemen are qualified to be prescribing medication, but I'd be happy to be proven wrong."

Tau & Titan (Sevinya & Silverwit)

Upon seeing the pills, Titan became very suddenly aware of what was likely actually happening. He didn't want to jump to conclusions, however. He didn't retrieve the money again just yet.

"Pills? What's wrong with her?"

Tau & Titan (Sevinya & Silverwit)

Titan quietly tightened his grasp on the money, and thought for a moment. The numbers that the young lady had given him weren't matching up with the numbers he was now receiving. He frowned as he realized this.

"Sorry sir, but my friend asked me not to go over 12 for each one. It's her money, so I shouldn't waste it, I think."

He calmly slipped the cash into his pocket next to his wallet, making sure it was as tightly packed in there as possible. He smiled genuinely at the two gentlemen.

"Sorry about that. Do either of you have any idea where I could find someone else who has them?"