<div align="center"><strong>Sanguine LeChance</strong></div><br/>San smiled faintly when Juli accepted his invitation, he was glad for a sign that he was making some progress circumventing the high walls she put around herself. He tugged on Eyes’ restraint and made a clicking sound with his tongue and teeth. The wolf and the assassin moved in unison toward the hall, neither one leading the other, both knowing the direction by heart.<br/><br/>Nodding at the guards near the privy, Sanguine made his way down one flight of the Master Stairwell and led Juli into the West garden. Once the cool embrace of open air held San and Eyes once more, he unclipped the handle from her harness by a hidden switch and she was off, running as fast as she could to find a private spot in the garden to do her business.<br/><br/>The sound of digging could be heard in one corner of the outdoor garden as Eyes made herself a hole. Sanguine sat down on the lawn, laying on his back, paying no attention to his expensive suit or grass stains, these are not the sort of things that a blind man thinks about it.<br/><br/>“Princess Juli?” Sanguine asked softly of the night, the rich smells of outdoors and sound muting grass made it tough to gauge how closely he’d been followed. “Are there lots of stars out tonight? I know it might sound strange, given my condition, but I’ve loved the stars for as long as I can remember. Most things that I’ve heard tales of, I can’t even imagine; but stars... I can always visualize them even if I can’t see them. A single point of light, shining from somewhere so far away no one will ever reach it. Maybe it’s because I’ve spent my life in darkness that a tiny point of light fascinates me so...”<br/><br/>Sanguine didn’t know why he was being so honest, or even if Juli was listening, but it felt good to say things that were true and sincere, even if just for a change of pace. He sat up on his elbows, tilting his face up toward the sky.<br/><br/><div align="center"><strong>Eyes</strong></div><br/>Master didn’t heed her warning about the girl who sat in the vacant seat near The Employer. Instead he took Eyes away from the table and outside. Black-Hair came with them which the wolf found entirely perplexing, but she assumed that Master knew she was following. Black-Hair’s Protector followed after, making things even more tense for Eyes.<br/><br/>When Master let her off harness, Eyes realized for the first time how badly she needed to go. She sprinted toward the far wall of the expansive garden and made herself small to slip in amongst the bushes and flowers.<br/><br/>If Master or Black-Hair had ears like a wolf, they too would have heard the far of sounds of mating coming from a window higher up in the tower. Eyes turned her head and sniffed the air, the smell of Young-One was on the air, which made Eyes whine. Young-One was a new acquaintance but Eyes liked her very much. She made it a point to make sure whoever was doing something to her was someone that Young-One wanted to mate with.<br/><br/>Eyes went on to dig a hole for herself (a girl has to maintain a sense of dignity, after all). Squatting over it to do her business so that she could fill in the hole afterwards, Eyes caught whiff of another smell altogether.<br/><br/>This was a bad smell, dangerous, lethal kind of smell.<br/><br/>When Eyes was done with her unmentionable business, she kicked dirt in onto her mess until she could no longer smell that and went in search of what plant could be making such a dangerous smell so close to her beloved Master.<br/><br/>Eyes began to growl as she came upon a small bush planted near the base of the wall, studded with dark green berries that smelled of death. Her hair stood up on her back and she pinned her ears back, barking once to try and get Master’s attention.