Editing Story:ROAD TRIP! (Warhammer High)/Part Four (section)

===Planning and Coordination===

Freya sat down on her bed and stared at her feet as Alex went about changing his own clothes.  As he undressed, she shucked the thermo shirt she had worn, her knuckles white on the plastic and metal weave, with her eyes locked downward.  Alex noticed.  She was either sad or angry, and he couldn’t tell which yet.  “Are you in for poker tonight?” he asked, knowing full well that she could tell his casualness was forced.

Apparently, she was in no mood for games.  “This isn’t working, is it?” she asked sullenly.

“Stop.”

“I mean it!  You guys nearly get eaten at lunch and you’re scared of the people you’re having dinner with!” Freya said angrily.  She glanced back at him as she rose from the bed to pull a different shirt on.  “I mean, the Fang is huge, there’s tons of places to show you in here, but outside?” she grumped.  “Nothing.  Nothing safe.”

“The rock-climbing was safe,” Alex pointed out.

“I guess.”  She sighed again, sliding a thick cotton shirt on.  “All right.  Venus is going to check out the hammerhold tomorrow…I told you about that, right?  What do you want to do?”

“Well, I was wondering if we could go see that cave you mentioned before,” Alex said.  “Outside that village place.”

“Oh.”  Freya thought for a moment.  “That actually sounds pretty cool…but if there were people there we’d have to bail.”

“Why?  Nobody here knows who you are,” Alex said.  He looked sharply over to her.  “Unless you identified yourself to someone there?”

Red strands waved as Freya awkwardly rolled her shoulders.  “Kind of?  I mean, they don’t know I’m King Russ’ daughter, but I may have let on to a few people that I’m not human.”

Alex looked away.  “That’s bad.”

“I doubt they’d be there, though,” Freya assured him.  “We can check it out if you want.”

“Okay.  Remilia and Jake can come too, right?” he asked.

“We all can,” Freya said.  “If there’s someone inside we can just keep flying and go explore the mountains a bit.”

Alex nodded.  “Great.”  He paused as Freya moved to the door to rejoin the others.  He slid an arm around her waist and held her still for a moment.  “Feel better?” he asked.

“Yeah, I do.”  Freya looked back at him over her shoulder, the germ of an idea forming.  “All right.  Let’s go.”



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