Ancestors

Written by Philip Brewer on 2025-01-01 at 01:41

She was just a little awkward. Not clumsy, just not quite perfectly balanced. She walked like a regular person.

She did it very well. I'd have been fooled, if I hadn't followed her to her gym, and paid up for a guest membership that only a celebrity could afford. In there, where everyone was famous, and cameras were banned, she moved... better. Like a dancer. Like a martial artist. Like a goddess.

I changed to the same side of the street, picked up the pace.

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Written by Philip Brewer on 2025-01-01 at 01:43

IIn a moment she knew I was there. I saw the slight change in her posture, the glance at a shop window that gave her an angle to see my reflection.

When I was just out of range for hand-to-hand, but closer than you’d want for a gun fight, she pivoted on one toe and the other heel, turning to face me. “I recognize you,” she said. “You were in the gym, a day or two ago.”

"Yes."

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Written by Philip Brewer on 2025-01-01 at 01:44

Her hand was ready to draw a gun or a knife. Her weight balanced, ready to move any direction. “What do you want?”

“I was thinking,” I said, then my voice tailed off.

“Yes?”

“Would you like to go dancing? There’s a place just another block down this street. It’s for people—“

“People who move well?”

“Yes!” I said. “You know it?”

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Toot

Written by Philip Brewer on 2025-01-01 at 01:45

“Of course!” She relaxed just a bit, and extended the hand that had been ready to reach for a weapon. “There’s a contest there, you know,” she said. “Do you want to try for the #crown?”

“Yes,” I said. “Together we have a real chance.”

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Descendants

Written by MissConstrue on 2025-01-01 at 02:52

@philipbrewer :blobcathearthug: So Much :blobcathearthug:

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Written by Philip Brewer on 2025-01-01 at 19:28

@MissConstrue I'm so glad! Thank you!

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