It wasn’t until she walked past the window a second time that she noticed the… rabbit. Electra stared at it, wondering who would have put a broken rabbit outside her window. Then it tapped on the window with its paw and she realised that it was a live creature. With her free hand she opened the window, unable to drag her eyes off the creature.
“Are you Electra?” it asked.
All she could do was nod.
“That’s good. I’ve been looking for you for a while now and I’m glad I’ve finally found you.”
Licking her lips, Electra tried to work out what she wanted to say. “Why have you been looking for me?” she asked finally.
The rabbit looked at her. “There are creatures who aren’t as lucky as those who end up here.” It glanced over at the horse, which made a sound that made it seem as though it agreed with the rabbit, before looking back at her. “Some are brought to you for repair, if people know who you are or the man who works with you buys them from auction, but there are many who end up being thrown out. It doesn’t matter that we are sentient once the clay that made us in fired. When we are broken people don’t want us any longer.”
“You want me to fix you.”
“I’m not so bothered about me.” It lifted a paw and stroked its damaged ear. “I can deal with having a broken ear and living out there isn’t so bad, but I have friends who are damaged much worse than me. I look after them as best I can, but…” It sighed. “There’s only so much I can do.”
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I'm a writer. I create stories, because I have to, but, due to money being the most important thing in life (*sigh*) I've had to focus on my ghostwriting a lot more recently. What I would love to do is earn a living writing my own work. I have an Etsy store, where I offer to custom write a story set in one of my worlds or write a story for one of yours (technically also ghostwriting, but better than Fiverr). Currently I'm having a half price sale, so use the code DECEMBER2014 and get 50% off anything available. At the moment I'm looking into options for my ebooks, due to some new EU legislation that is coming into effect on January 1st, but I have certain plans I'm looking forward to working on in the future.
AT THE MIC: K. A. Webb
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It wasn’t until she walked past the window a second time that she noticed the… rabbit. Electra stared at it, wondering who would have put a broken rabbit outside her window. Then it tapped on the window with its paw and she realised that it was a live creature. With her free hand she opened the window, unable to drag her eyes off the creature.
“Are you Electra?” it asked.
All she could do was nod.
“That’s good. I’ve been looking for you for a while now and I’m glad I’ve finally found you.”
Licking her lips, Electra tried to work out what she wanted to say. “Why have you been looking for me?” she asked finally.
The rabbit looked at her. “There are creatures who aren’t as lucky as those who end up here.” It glanced over at the horse, which made a sound that made it seem as though it agreed with the rabbit, before looking back at her. “Some are brought to you for repair, if people know who you are or the man who works with you buys them from auction, but there are many who end up being thrown out. It doesn’t matter that we are sentient once the clay that made us in fired. When we are broken people don’t want us any longer.”
“You want me to fix you.”
“I’m not so bothered about me.” It lifted a paw and stroked its damaged ear. “I can deal with having a broken ear and living out there isn’t so bad, but I have friends who are damaged much worse than me. I look after them as best I can, but…” It sighed. “There’s only so much I can do.”
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I'm a writer. I create stories, because I have to, but, due to money being the most important thing in life (*sigh*) I've had to focus on my ghostwriting a lot more recently. What I would love to do is earn a living writing my own work. I have an Etsy store, where I offer to custom write a story set in one of my worlds or write a story for one of yours (technically also ghostwriting, but better than Fiverr). Currently I'm having a half price sale, so use the code DECEMBER2014 and get 50% off anything available. At the moment I'm looking into options for my ebooks, due to some new EU legislation that is coming into effect on January 1st, but I have certain plans I'm looking forward to working on in the future.