the one thing the wizard howl knew for certain about himself was that he would do e̲v̲e̲r̲y̲t̲h̲i̲n̲g̲ ̲ ̲i̲n̲ ̲ ̲h̲i̲s̲ ̲ ̲p̲o̲w̲e̲r̲ to follow exactly what he wanted to do, &. not a single thing less, &. not a single thing more. should some misfortunate happenstance find his way to him here, in this very merry town, in all its celebrations of may day, then let it not find him until he was finished accosting this utterly strong-minded young woman, whose stance, t̲h̲o̲u̲g̲h̲ ̲ ̲s̲o̲m̲e̲w̲h̲a̲t̲ ̲ ̲l̲o̲s̲t̲, seemed to tell every person around enough about her. where she had come from, he hadn't chanced to see in time, but where she was going, he could still fathom.
&̲.̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲f̲i̲n̲d̲ ̲ ̲o̲u̲t̲ ̲ ̲h̲e̲ ̲ ̲w̲o̲u̲l̲d̲, as he traipsed through the busy square of market chipping, weaving through the bellowing men &. giggling women. @siaradwr, he noticed, wasn't giggling at all. or perhaps, she was trying to dodge anyone who a̲t̲t̲e̲m̲p̲t̲e̲d̲ ̲ ̲t̲o̲ ̲ ̲a̲p̲p̲r̲o̲a̲c̲h̲ ̲ ̲h̲e̲r̲. unfortunately for her, she would not be so lucky as to avoid howl, who descended upon her before she could disappear into the doorway. but he did notice that she was cowering &., as such of his own custom allowed, l̲o̲w̲e̲r̲e̲d̲ ̲ ̲h̲i̲s̲ ̲ ̲c̲h̲i̲n̲ ̲ ̲i̲n̲ ̲ ̲g̲r̲e̲e̲t̲i̲n̲g̲ &. granted her a small step away. ❛ have i frightened you, little grey mouse ? i'm very sick of listened to those loud men out there, just as you are. ❜
* .゜ we’re rewriting canon ! 𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚍.