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She'd be lying if she said she wasn't at least a little miffed at being grouped in with the children as they were all round up and ushered off and away from the adults. She was an adult, too, damnit. She paid taxes! She was of legal drinking age! But then she thought about what kind of nighttime activites the "adults" had planned that would warrant the removable of young, prying eyes, and let herself be led away willingly, if still a bit reluctant.

At least it was quiet out here. Downright peaceful after the day she had, even if her skin still crawled and she missed, desperately, the comfort of her own den.

Her lungs exhaled a heavy sigh. She flicked an ear, listening idly to the soft snores and low murmurs of sleepy children. Then she rose, soft and quiet, and moved off to find a place where she could gaze up at unfamiliar stars.

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