The vendors of Cotes Fantasci’s market town were ever busy with people— today even more so, it felt like. Looked like there must have been some small gathering of food carts for the day, which had brought even more attention to the normally abundant street, making it a bit difficult to navigate through. For Mao, however, wading through the crowds wasn’t terribly difficult in the slightest. As always, even in her wanderings, she stepped forth with purpose— wading through waves of people as she kept her gaze focused on the nearby vendors...
Until someone happened to catch her eye.
It was a girl wearing a particularly large hat— something that reminded her a tad of the headdress her sister wore from time to time. It wasn’t her hat that had caught Mao’s eye, however. She seemed to be struggling against the current of people, at first glance... no, not just that. The girl looked strained, and not simply out of frustration.
Mao wasn’t quite sure why she decided to do so (besides the sense of obligation she felt for seemingly being the only one to see this struggling girl), but she’d approach the other. And it was just in time too, for as Seles was about to fall over, Mao moved to catch her.
“Easy,” the woman would exclaim— voice low, yet clear amongst the bustling chatter all around them. “Easy. I’ve got you. Breathe.”
“Can you walk? ... Let’s get out of this crowd.”
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