<span style="font-size: 85%; line-height: 116%;"><span style="color: #CCCCFF">Blinking, she watched him turn and walk away. Kai wasn't sure what it was that compelled her to start following him, but before she knew it she was putting one foot in front of the other, kicking up snow as her boots landed in or near his large shoe prints. She'd been planning to go home to grab her wallet so she could eat, and her apartment was in the opposite direction of the way she now walked. But something told her to follow him, wanted her to follow him.<br/><br/>It'd been a long time since she'd met another shifter. All her friends (the few that she had mind you) were all humans or some other species. Not that minded; she liked the diversity. But there was something about him, something about having been around another shifter for that brief periord of time that made her feel... It was hard to place the feeling, but she didn't want it to disappear so quickly.<br/><br/>Being taller, his long legs carried him further than her shorter ones. With a huff, she took larger steps, moving faster to catch up with him. Just a couple feet behind him now, she said, "I've never seen you around here before."</span></span>