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"Stop where you stand! Hands up!"

Pedro panicked, he stilled and threw his hands up. Dimas was on the ground between some weeds shaking in fear and Anatoli was growling at the man behind him. He was caught, he was caught, he was caught, this is it, the agency caught up with him, he's done, they are going to experiment on him until he dies, James Deer is standing behind him and is going to torture him.

Pedro was frozen, until he heard Dimas sigh. "They are not TDF."

She sounded like a burden was lifted from her shoulders and she got out of her hiding place. Pedro turned to look, more worried about her and was relieved to look at the person holding a gun in his direction. They were wearing civilian clothes, a heavy jacket that looked worn, muddy boots and dirty jeans. If the way they held their gun was not indicative that they are a rebel, seeing a second daemon, a wild hog growling towards Anatoli was reassuring enough. Anatoli seemed to be the only one still openly hostile, growling. She had to be. She knows that it's a miracle they were found by the Fairies rather than TDF, but that person was still aiming a gun at Pedro.

Their other daemon was a cicada who was carefully sitting alongside the persons neck, ready to cover in the jackets lapel. They didn't seem to care that Pedro was multidae, as they didn't lower their gun, but said :

"Where did you come from?" their voice was firm. Pedro turned to look at them his hands still raised in a non threatening manner.

"I'm from the city man, I've been out here for a couple of days... I was actually looking for the Fairies camp." Pedro knew that if he gave information willingly he could be deemed trustworthy. He used all his interrogation training, he kept eye contact, he made his body language as non threatening as possible, kept a steady voice and tried to sound truthful.

"When did your second daemon emerge?" Now that Pedro took a few good looks at them, they seemed a lot more calm than he expected. Almost like they had done this before. They looked like they could be patrol, and Pedro guessed a patrol would encounter a lot of lost souls trying to find refuge with the Fairies.

"A couple of days ago. I tried to go to work while hiding her, but the same day she came the TDF sniffed us out and chased us out of the city. She's only a few days old, man please!"

"Then tell her to stop growling at me!" the hog said, anger spilling between their tusks. Anatoli almost immediately stopped growling, but held the same stance. Ready to pounce. "I'm the original one, she is the second one." she said without motioning or even looking at Dimas.

The human seemed to be a little more sympathetic than their daemon. They lowered their riffle and said "If you are looking for the Fairy camp just follow me, I was almost done with my rounds before encountering your tracks... Don't worry I erased them." Then they turned around and started walking west, their hog daemon still kept an eye on them the whole way.

Pedro trusted the invitation and started following them. Dimas turned into a sparrow and flew a bit higher trying to see where the patrol was leading them. Anatoli kept her tense posture so Pedro decided to be the diplomat. While still keeping a safe distance (he didn't want to spook the dude) he put on the best smile he could master and said.

"So, what's your name, man?" the moment the words left his mouth he know he sounded dumb and childish. Pedro hadn't seen another human in two days and he lost all social skills?

"You keep calling me man... Please don't. My name is Aster." They didn't seem to be interested in conversation, but Pedro couldn't stop himself.

"And how long have you been a Fairy-"

"Look until Belen has had an audience with you and decided you can join the ranks, I'm not allowed nor do I want to share much information, γκε-γκε?"