@ignisleaena caught a thief!
Ian often thought himself stealthy. He weighed so little that his footsteps were often soundless, his mark in the dirt almost indistinguishable in all but the softest of soil. He was built and made to be quiet, fast, and hard to catch... and he’d spent the whole day exploiting that. His backpack was heavy laden with trinkets of all shapes and sizes that he’d nabbed from unsuspecting shoppers in thick towns and the outskirts of cities. He kept a blanket in between each of his items as well, preventing them from knocking together.
Yes, he was the picture of perfect stealth. Practically invisible. Or so he thought.
It seemed he’d gotten cockier than he deserved to be, for as he reached for his next victim’s bag of goodies, a dark hand clamped itself down onto his wrist. Ian let out a squeak of surprise, digging his heels into the ground and fighting to release himself. He almost screamed, almost, but the stranger’s eyes on him made his throat catch and his blood run cold.
He knew he was in trouble.