When he answered, his faced mimicked one of a lost child
My hands began to fold themselves in and out of a ball, with my head dipping in shame
With my head lifting without much ease after some time, and voice almost trembling "Have you ever heard the legends and myths of shape-shifters?" I spit out
"Shape-shifter?"-He lifts his tumb and forefinger to his smooth chin while his face contours with deep thought - "like skin walk-"
Quickly, I fold my left hand into a cup like formation and cover his mouth
"We don't say their name, alright" I nod in agreements with myself as if I was speaking to a child
Bringing my hands to my sides after a while of awkward silence and stance, I begin to lead us once again
With nothing but beginning to just stare at me, I continue
"Although we are not what you just mentioned" - flashing a quick false smile- "we do take the form of a single animal"
Looking over, receiving a solid nod to continue
"A very long time ago, you would be able to find groups and covens with various animal forms
But over the many years, people with this ability began to become obsessed with the idea of a "purebred" "
I look over once again, his deep bloody eyes staring at me as if reading me
"Even though hereditary traits only appear in the, our" - I drag an exaggerated arm down the length of my body - "human form, people decide they wanted, or so needed to defy science"
This time, I didn't look over with my own willingness
A hand that was as soft as velvet, as beautiful as porcelain, grabbed my own
When our eyes met, his were full of questions
Scanning over my face, and pushing a strad of loose dark hair behind my ear; gaining a weird look from my perspective
"Why are you alone, Mia?"
And that's when my soul decides to leave the body it is supposed to be attached to for about the millionth time today