A small child, not even in her teens, filthy and dressed in rags, crept behind the person she could hear walking ahead of her. She edged closer, nimble fingers delving into his pockets to find a wallet. However, she didn’t anticipate the curb, and tripped on it, falling forward with a yelp, her hand still caught in his pocket. (( @seeingblind ))

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As he felt the hand in his pocket he grabbed her hand and caught her before she fell into the gutter and hurt herself. “This is why you do not pick pockets young lady. Now if you are really that hungry come with me.” Axel said softly as he put her on her feet and smiled

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She flinched from the unexpected touch to her cheek, looking more confused than before. This man was being… Nice? How did she react to that?

“What’s the catch?” Her voice shook slightly as she spoke, and she seemed to be wary. She’d been put in tricky situations before because people never told her just what they wanted in turn for them helping her. Once she made the mistake of accepting food from a faerie…

“No catch at all.” He smiled and picked her up gently and used a cloth to clean her face a bit. “Everyone needs help and You look like you need more than most, let me give you a warm place and a hot meal for tonight at least, you can bathe and I will get you some clean clothes.” He said to her softly as he stood up and started to walk.