Stars.
Ciel frowned. Shadows were given lives and forms, but the Stars? The former shadebeast never thought of them as 'living'.
But she didn't dare to underestimate the System's texts. Perhaps there were indeed higher beings in Lethadial beyond her understanding.
Though reality grounded her small self with a grim weight.
She watched as the groggy man grabbed the rabbit's ear. A yank, and the rabbit's knee dragged over the rough floor, turning the injury into a blistered mess.
Lifting her, he shouted with lips ghosting her ear. "Pay us back, you dumb fuck! Or else the Young Master will have you kneeling in debts!"
Unfortunately, the girl's whimpers earned only the passersby's sympathy, but their glares at the violent human gang did nothing.
Quia's eyes held a flat, unimpressed anger, and so did Ciel's.
Their heads turned to each other.
They both gave an affirming, wordless nod.
And they rushed in with a resolved look.
