Home.... with all its quirks

[Kabitha]

Thyatira cracked the carrots over her knee and plopped them in an old pot. The ends she had cut off with her knife blade and they were now bubbling cheerfully in water from a rain barrel. The sky was darkening quickly, bring a sudden chilly wind rush under the bridge. Thy shivered, wrapped her coat more firmly around her, and knelt by the small fire. "At least the carrots greens will be warm," she said out load. She leaned over the pot and squeezed an slightly withered orange into the carrot green and water mixture. That'll make it taste a bit better..... she thought. Suddenly she glanced over toward the Royale section. Faint snippets of music drifted over. Thy snorted. Stupid pigs..... Look's like they have nice warm partys going on while us Subterreans are stuck out here in the cold.... At least the poorer of us are. Blasted rich people. She sighed and sat down, pulling her coat over her knees. "Oh Cy.... Where are you?.... Not that I need you or anything," she quickly added.

[Kabitha]

"Hey Thy," Cyrus said as he scrambled down the river bank. "Supper ready?"

Thy glanced up. "Yup, it's all ready." She pulled an old tin can out of a pile of random things and filled it up with the carrot green 'soup'. She handed it over to Cyrus who grabbed it by the rim.

"Thanks," he said, sipping it slowly.

Thyatira filled her can up and sat down across from Cy. "What happened to your forehead?" she asked jerking her chin at him.

"Oh, some girl dropped her money and I thought it was a Royales or sumpin, but it wasn't and I tripped over a bunch of people and cut my head and then this boy told me it was actually a Subterrean girl's money so I gave them back the money I took and left."

"Ah..... good thing you didn't take the money."

"Ya.... We gotta work hard for money.... while Royales on the other hand," Cyrus snorted.

Thy smiled. "I know.... Now eat your food."