To shoot without a silencer might have been a foolish impulse in the city centre.
The strange itch at the back of my neck created a tickle that jolted down my spine. Human shadows shifted in the distance. I could swear there were people atop the shopping centre, hiding amongst the wooden beams. Observing me.
"Yin, we should head back, but let's head through the pawnshop route."
A place I didn't wish to return to.
Where my biggest mistake since the apocalypse began happened.
Not using the system to bring Old Lei's daughter back. Or at least trying, before that happened.
Yin's unblaming eyes flickered in the darkening sky.
He licked his paws and stretched with his backside in the air, a rough meow leaving his lips before he jumped on my shoulder.
Then nuzzled my cheek, as if to say everyone makes mistakes.
