Midnight Stroll

Eva happens to be walking while sketching, not bumping into things yet, but getting more immersed in her sketch as she walks.

Deep in thought, Jayant stretches his legs out, and clips the heels of someone walking by.

Standing abruptly, he apologises and extends his hands to catch her just in case she fell.

"I'm terribly sorry, miss," not quite seing who it is.

She stumbles.

"Oh! It's okay, Jayant right?" she smiles, putting her sketch pad in her bag.

"Wonderful thank you, I wasn't paying attention either... Where is your little charge? Valencia was it?" she tilts her head, finding a seat on the bench beside him, her sad amber eyes piercing in the dim light.

She laughs, "so do I.... Maybe some art would help her? I have a brand new studio, you could bring her to paint and play perhaps?"

"Yes I'm an artist by trade, Mrs. Scotts is my newest patron, she has given me an excellent space to work in that has plenty of room should Valencia or you like to come visit," she murmurs.

"My home is just that way if you would like to see the paintings?" she offers, quite liking this kind Mekhet.

"No not at all, and its better not to walk alone in dangerous times," she smiles, leading the way through the other side of the park to her lovely town home.

"Silly you can walk beside me, I'm nothing special..." she smiles, letting him into the place that is packed with her art.

"I am working on a new show to be held at Mrs. Scotts warehouse, a focus on skeletons..." she smiles.

"No of course, please, go ahead, art is my life its really all I have to talk about," she smiles.

"You can ask about any of them, I know they are very dark, here, this room is all based on Mekhet powers..." she leads him into a smaller room.

"This one is like our Auspex you see, she has departed from her body and is lurking?" she says, standing close.

"Very good," she smiles widely, happy that he can see it.

"No... Just in the last hundred years or so," she smiles, "do you think Valencia would enjoy painting as some kind of release for her troubled mind?" she asks.

She smiles reassuringly.

"Painting helps anyone, even thoughs who dont know how, you should try it... How about two nights from now? I should have all my supplies ready and she can either just watch and enjoy being in a new place, or she can paint, you can do the same mm?"

"Do you want me to call you a cab? It's really not safe to be out alone at night these days..." she says, smiling at him.

"I'll be very glad to see you," she smiles widely and lets him out of her Haven, really starting to fall in love with the city, where she has friends and people who appreciate her art.