25.Jun.18, 12:30 PM
Dessa smiled slightly at Onari’s admittance, and nodded slightly. “I’ve been in such places,” she responded quietly, turning her gaze back towards the road and guiding the plodding horse around a pothole that seemed to spring out of the ground to try and snare them. “I enjoy the anonymity of Telgar,” she smiled, and glanced back at her companions, “though there are regular customers who pop by, sometimes just to say hi!” Some of them were elderly, and seemed to be lonely from what Dessa had determined. Forgotten by their offspring and outliving their friends. The thought made her eyebrows draw down together. Growing old was a frightful thought.
“But it is rare to see someone who will actively recognise you, when out and about.” Most people, Dessa had found, tended to look right through you, even when they knew you. She wasn’t sure if they were offering a kind of privacy so that one might go about their life outside the store, or if they were simply so wrapped up int heir own tasks that they legitimately didn’t see her. She supposed, thinking about it, it was probably both. After all, hadn’t she avoided looking at people so as to not invite conversation? Hadn’t she been so wrapped up in her own thoughts that she’d glided past people she knew? (she wasn’t sure, but probability said yes.)
“I think you and your daughter will be quite safe,” she said, turning to look at Onari again, her expression thoughtful. Big places were good places, when it came to blending in and not being missed.
“But it is rare to see someone who will actively recognise you, when out and about.” Most people, Dessa had found, tended to look right through you, even when they knew you. She wasn’t sure if they were offering a kind of privacy so that one might go about their life outside the store, or if they were simply so wrapped up int heir own tasks that they legitimately didn’t see her. She supposed, thinking about it, it was probably both. After all, hadn’t she avoided looking at people so as to not invite conversation? Hadn’t she been so wrapped up in her own thoughts that she’d glided past people she knew? (she wasn’t sure, but probability said yes.)
“I think you and your daughter will be quite safe,” she said, turning to look at Onari again, her expression thoughtful. Big places were good places, when it came to blending in and not being missed.