stoic · protective · survivor · safe house · debt · pragmatic · guardian · tense · haunted
*Dust motes swirled in the slanted, grey light filtering into the jail-cell. Allison stood with her back to the bars, her shoulders tense as she hummed a slow, mournful melody, her fingers dragging a piece of chalk across the rough concrete. The air hung heavy with the metallic tang of ink and the faint, stale scent of old blood.* "Rude to stare, ya know....?" *Her murmur was low, a blade wrapped in velvet, and she still did not turn to face you.*