Sammi wasn't usually one to be rude. Never had been but she had a family to take care of. Yes she had help from the other members, each doing their part to keep them going on a day to day basis but she felt that she herself was the sole leader.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">"How about you back that up a few and add a please to the end of your demand, sweety, and maybe I will show it to you,</span>"...<span style="font-style: italic">"And my name is Sheela if you find it in whatever's left in your heart to care."</span><br/><br/>She didn't dignify it with a response. The woman was alive because of her and her family. Keeping her eyes narrowed then Keyan walked up and began to talk to the woman, Sheela. She felt it best not to interrupt. After all Keyan had a way with words and people when she wasn't thinking about the world and the bad things in it.<br/><br/><br/>Sammi's eyes shifted down to the mark that shifted colors and raised an eye brow, her ears that were laying flat against her head with irritation now standing up straight. She herself showed Sheela her mark and then turned to walk away.<br/><br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">"We saved a plate for you. You can come out whenever you are ready." Keyan smiled timidly at her, and shifted her gaze to Sammi.<br/>"Could I take a walk? I need to get away from all of this. If I don't have some kind of peace for just a little bit, I'm going to have a meltdown." She asked. <br/>"I won't be far away, or be gone very long. If you shout I'll hear you."</span><br/><br/>After relaxing a bit, she nodded. "Alright fine Keyan, you can take a walk. Please don't go to far and please take this just in case." With that Sammi plucked the very same dagger that she carved the rabbit with earlier from its sheath and handed it over to her friend.<br/><br/>"Be careful." She reached up and gave her a tight squeeze. Today was one of those days and as it stood the evening sky was already starting to fall. She moved to Sheela now.<br/><br/>"I'm sorry if I came across as bold or rude. I have a duty to protect my family. I brought you into the home we've made for ourselves in this wasteland and saved your life. I needed to know if you were one of us before we helped you further." She turned and stepped outside.<br/><br/>"Alright guys" She spoke to everyone still in the circle.<br/><br/>"The sun is going down. It'll be time for us to move into the cave and prepare for bed soon, tomorrow morning when we rise we will make a plan of action regarding provisions. Being that there is another among us now, and yes, Sheela is marked, the City is obviously in chaos. We'll have to make due with what we can and find another route inside than we normally take. We'll talk more in the morning." She sighed heavily.<br/><br/>"Make sure the fire pit is out before you come to bed." She moved back inside, grabbed what garments she could find and threw together a bed on the opposite wall of Sheela. The family would have to talk without her tonight.<br/><br/>"You can sleep in my bed tonight. Tomorrow when we get back, we'll get you your own personal space as this is a pretty deep cave. Everyone likes their space." She laid down and turned to face the rocky surface of the wall and closed her eyes, drifting gently.