Dance with the Devil

"Then what am I to you?"  "Please do. You really hurt her feelings"

"A friend," He said with a smile.

"I figured. Sorry about that."

Wendigo smiled. "What do the rest o f them think of me?" "I forgive you."

"I don't think I'm in the position to judge," Aria said. "I don't know you in person; it wouldn't be polite of me."

"Did you really mean it? How this relationship would never work because I'm a close-minded hypocrite?"

"I understand...well then let me introduce me to you." Wendigo said getting up and holding her arm out. "I'm Wendigo. " "I did and I didn't. Honestly I was just mad at you for hurting Wendigo's feelings. "

Aria shook Wendigo's hand. "Nice to meet you. I'm Aria."

"We should get back to the others."

"Well hello Aria. I like the colors of your clothes. I've never seen those colors where I come from. " "Agreed. Let's hope Wendigo isn't still crying. " Recin said walking.

"They glow in the dark, too, but I usually don't wear them because they're way too flashy."

Ris noticed that Wendigo wasn't crying anymore and got a bit of relief.

"They are so cool though. How so they glow in the dark?!" Recin walked closer to legion. "So you got her to feel better?"

"Some special type of fabric. Not actually magic."

"Yeah," Legion replied. "Did you convince your friend to stop being an insensitive - ?" 

Ris sighed. "Do you have to take this to the next level by swearing?"

"There's so many cool things that don't involve Magic! Amazing!" "Let's not start anything. OK?"

"C-can I touch your ears, please? They look so cuddly."

"Didn't get an answer," Legion asserted. "I don't want this to happen again."

"Agreed," Ris complied. "I let my beliefs and stubborness get the best of me. I'd much rather make people happy than make them sad."

"of course you can touch them.." "good"

She touched her ears. "ohmygod," her pupils dilated and she scratched the back of Wendigo's ears. "They're so soft..."

"Second person that finds her adorable," Ris said, smiling whilst looking at Aria. "Third if you count me."

Wendigo was enjoying getting scratched in the ear. "That feel nice..." "I think she's cute."

She scratched them for a few more seconds before stopping. "Why did we never thought about getting someone cute as part of the staff?"

"We did; Juno was meant to fit that category," Legion chuckled. "Because you were the only girl, we thought that eventually-"

"Not a chance, not even if he was the last man on earth," Aria muttered. "You guys are the worst."

Wendigo didn't get what they were referring to. Recin was just smiling.

"If not him, then who-" Aria was very quickly to cut him off.

"Not interested in anyone that works here, if us being buffers between the Watcher and the hordes of mages counts as wroking," she dismissed him. "That being said and done, we're pretty much without a job now."

"legion said he was going to make this a sanctuary for my kind. You can still work here...and you get to see more fluffy Wendigo's.."

"Really?" she went closer to him and leaned in. "Really really?"

"She likes it here and while it is in the middle of nowhere," Legion explained. "It is safe. I'm serious about this." 

Technically, the first thing wasn't true; they were actually a floating island in the vast, mostly lawless realm known simply as the Void. 

To the casual observer, however, it was invisible and untouchable.

"Don't you think it's a good idea Aria!" Wendigo said to her.

"I'm just surprised a bit," she admitted. "As far as I know, you guys don't really have homes or proper food. Not calling cannibalism improper; I just find it baffling how you can eat meat without cooking it first..."

That statement hit Legion like a brick. "That... that's actually a pretty good observation. Why don't you guys cook it first?"

"I don't know....I just get so hungry...too hungry all of a sudden...I just start eating as soon as I find the food. I never thought about how it tastes nor did I have to line ro wait for it to get warm....I just...wanted the pain of hunger to stop. "

"Don't worry, we won't run out of food, I can promise you that," Legion announced. "Oh and beds. Cozy ones."

"beds? But I usually sleep on rocks"