shapeshifters

“i see.” she couldn’t say she was surprised. “i have this website--” gala removed a card from her pocket and offered it. “if you happen to come across him could you give me a tip? he’s been missing since i was a kid and i’m trying to find him.”

“excuse me, do you happen to know anything about a person named chev?”

“Oh, aliens are real. I haven’t met one but there are too many tales for them not to be. Maybe I’ll believe Ted is the Zodiac someday too. What about you? Do ou believe in them too?”

“gala is a menace. . .  i couldn’t be more proud.”

“I do want to believe, I just feel like there's something missing that we aren’t seeing yet.”

he appreciated her attempts at comfort and found a peace in it. there was a small smile that came to his features and he nodded. “sometimes. . . sometimes you remind me of her, just some of the things you say and do. i know you both would have gotten along. . . i got captured not long after that, i was kept as a prisoner and by the time i got out she--” this was where it got hard. “the whole village had burned down. no survivors.”

“i just think ted cruz would never have been satisfied with destroying the lives of only five innocent people.”

“watch your step. that’s a fairy ring.”