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“You have plenty of choices here. Chicken is four stalls down” Sophie cheerfully replied as she skipped to the other side of the road to get some bubble tea. The vendor came from the mandarin speaking part of the PRC so they didn’t have a common language; only common cuisine. So she asked in English for her cold tea like many others.

“I want to learn how to use my abilities and make my aunts life easier when I am older. She’s been there all my life. Then make a better life for myself but that may not be here” she added. That sense of adventure showed even now as did her drive.

Sawyer Dune

Sophie didn't see believing in Aliens as something mad. Millions of people prayed to their chosen deity who may or may not have a physical statue or pictures to give you an idea of what they looked like and that wasn't challenged. "That's true Sawyer whatever you end up doing. This planet can't be the only one with life forms in the universe" she replied as she came back with her chilled bubble tea. "In the meantime try and have fun" she added with a smile.

Fun could take many forms but true enjoyment was hard to find. Right they had food and a drink. Tomorrow Sawyer had a plan and they had a future in front of them. Part of that was down to their actions but a lot of it was beyond their control.

Sawyer Dune

Sophie had a little idea of what the future could be. She hadn't all the pieces of the puzzle yet and she certainly didn't know what her aunt had in mind. She'd been raised with the idea that ultimately there was some level of order even if it didn't look that way. Whatever the situation somebody was controlling it and therefore order kept being imposed. It could even be aliens imposing the order later on.

She did know she wanted to improve her life and prospects for starters. She also had to figure out the players here if her future would unfold here; so at the moment it was the Ashford's themselves, the Security Services, the Ashford PD, gangs and other criminal elements and finally night workers.

"I will Sawyer. So what do you want to do now?" she cheerfully posed. They'd gotten food and drink so she was curious about what else he had in mind.

Sawyer Dune

So Sawyer needed to pick up something in a more dangerous part of town. Although she hadn't known him very long she thought it didn't feel right to just let him go in there alone. Even if he'd done it before.

"Alright then. I suppose I could keep an eye out for trouble at least" Sophie replied figuring this could also do her some good. "I might need these" she added and took the remaining five knives from the packet she'd opened. She'd pop them into pockets on the way there because it was better to be prepared for trouble than just run into it.

Sawyer Dune

"This isn't much different from LA" Sophie confided "except for being an island and a lack of guns". Off course she'd seen guns and not just her dads.

"Let me lead for a while but you need to give me a direction" she offered. "But you might be quicker going over the roofs" was the suggestion. This part of town still had tall enough buildings and fire escapes you could climb and descend. It was also hard to get lost that way and she wondered why more people didn't do what she did.

So looked so much more focused now she was point and absorbing everything round her.

Sawyer Dune

"You can get round quicker that way. There's buildings I use as compass points and I can show you these" Sophie replied with one ear still on what was going on all round them.

So she cut them down an alleyway scattering a pair of cats who were resting on a closed over dumpster and pulled the ladder down from a fire escape. She climbed it easily and then waited on Sawyer. "Once you get to the top of the roof you can see the slums like a map laid out in front of you. So 67 and Vine is roughly that direction". She pointed in a vaguely south east direction for now and she'd have a better idea once once she was on the roof.

"I hope you don't have a problem with heights. You'll have to jump between some fire escapes as we procede" she added.

Sawyer Dune

Sophie looked up at Sawyer noting what he had said. The reality of when he had to make a jump was different but she'd see closer the time. "Then that sounds good to me. Just follow me and try not to look down" she replied and actually moved a bit quicker than she did at street level on the fire escapes. She was still as quiet on the move as she led the way going up five floors until she stopped to look over the state of this roof. There was a slight angle to it but it wouldn't cause any problems to her.

Sawyer Dune