Trinket tilted her head to the side, considering the questions. After a long moment, she gave the tiniest of nods. "We can play the question game. You have to answer my questions, too."
"I ate awhile ago," Trinket said in reply to the first question. "I'm not hungry."
She couldn't remember exactly how long ago she had eaten, but her stomach wasn't protesting yet, so food was the furthest thing from her mind.
"I was headed to here," she said matter-of-factly. "I'm here now, with you. So I'm not headed anywhere now."
"I don't have a sleeping bag or something to eat."
At a glance, it would become clear that Trinket had almost nothing in her possession. Just a simple, black dress, starting to fade to gray and showing wear around the hems. And her doll, held in her arms, which continued to stare relentlessly at Freya. She had nothing else--no shoes, no coat, no pack of supplies.
"My turn," Trinket said. "Three questions. Why do you want to know if I have a sleeping bag? Why do you want to know if I've had anything to eat? Why do you want to know where I was headed to?"
She waited for the woman's response, while considering what more interesting questions she might have. Though she always did like asking "why?"
"I ate awhile ago," Trinket said in reply to the first question. "I'm not hungry."
She couldn't remember exactly how long ago she had eaten, but her stomach wasn't protesting yet, so food was the furthest thing from her mind.
"I was headed to here," she said matter-of-factly. "I'm here now, with you. So I'm not headed anywhere now."
"I don't have a sleeping bag or something to eat."
At a glance, it would become clear that Trinket had almost nothing in her possession. Just a simple, black dress, starting to fade to gray and showing wear around the hems. And her doll, held in her arms, which continued to stare relentlessly at Freya. She had nothing else--no shoes, no coat, no pack of supplies.
"My turn," Trinket said. "Three questions. Why do you want to know if I have a sleeping bag? Why do you want to know if I've had anything to eat? Why do you want to know where I was headed to?"
She waited for the woman's response, while considering what more interesting questions she might have. Though she always did like asking "why?"
