*Irrrrrryaaaaawn*
"Where am I? Wha…whe…who are you people? Stop looking at me. Get back. Stay away."
"Kid, it's okay Don't be frightened. We're here to help. These are my children."
"You helped. There.
This must be a dream. I have too….oww!!!
What did you do to me? What happened last night?"
".....You fell off a cliff top and tumbled a great ways. Thank God for your stockings and unicycle or else...you'd be in worse shape then they. Your stockings and 'cycle are over there. I can get them for you."
"Why are you helping me? You are all Wilds, and I…..trained. You are does and I am an elephant. Are you here too eat me so that you can satisfy your hungers?"
"Kid, we're not here to eat you, but too help. Although differences separate us, you were once a Wild, just like us. Nothing you do will change that. We're not all bad, you know. Some Wilds think more of just food. Here, it's a little smashed up, but have your 'cycle back."
*Snatch*
"Thank you."
"....You're welcome!!!!"
"Why are you hugging that 'cycle so tight? What's your name?"
"Girls, what did I say about crowding him?"
"It…it…it's okay. Suns out and with it rises the things hidden in the dark the day before.
My name is Mars, and this is a unicycle…..or…was. I used to be a tightrope walker as well as a juggler. People from all over would pay just to watch me cycle across a thin rope."
"You are in the circus? Was it scary? I bet you were scared of heights!!!"
"Honestly, no. It wasn't getting up that was scary, but getting down."
"What about the rest? What is the Big Top like, with all the flashing lights and roars of the fans?"
"Just like with anything, the true event starts long after the last light is shut off.
Here, all you have to worry about is food and shelter. There, it's all about image and praying you don't get stabbed in the back. Thing is, you can try your hardest not to mess up...."
"....But nobodies perfect, nor is one born that way."
"Exactly, but they beat us as if we should be born with perfection."
"Come scavenge with us, Mars. I'll show you that we are not all that different, and that good can...come from anyone."