As the little girl leapt into her embrace, Verita had to steady herself quickly before she would fall down on the cold hard pavement of the streets. Everything around her dizzied her, as if she had drunk too much of her absinthe already. It was the excitement of finding a survivor in the midst of this awful forsaken place, and the idea of finding her friend Lillith was pushed in the back of her mind. She could feel the ice-cold young girl shaking heavily in her arms, the press of her face against Verita's ample bosom made her cringe away a little, fearing the cold. She did not really know anything else she could do besides comforting the girl as she slowly hushed her with a soothing voice and stroked the tangled tuft of hair upon the childs scalp.<br/><br/>It was a strange feeling to comfort another person while she had been so afraid herself just mere moments before. A little dark voice within her mind stirred, whispering slowly that it must have been a trick to get her guard down, but it was soon cast aside as well. Like any other thoughts of putting them to safety, or finding lillith were. All Verita could think about right now was getting this girl into a warm place, comfort it and perhaps find her mommy. She needed to know the answers to her questions, but she feared the kid would not be in a position to be questioned at all. All she needed right now was a warm bed and a little bedtime story. Some rest would do her good.<i>Yes</i>, Verita thought to herself, she would put the little girl to bed and watch over her this night, and in the morning every thing will seem a lot better.<br/><br/>Wrapping the young girl tightly into her cape, she grunted slightly as she picked her up to carry her away into the darkness of the alleys. Looking all around her, all the houses seemed to be more and more distorted. It was like as if she could not choose between the bas and the worse, as if every place had an aura of evil surrounding it. Her plans were sinking away into a deep pool of fear, when she heard the little girl sob against her warm, soft breasts again.<br/><br/>''I'll help you find your mommy, little girl. I'll promise we will find her. Now.. Tell me where you last saw her?''<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>