[b]She shivered slightly, her eyes firmly closed, but made no other noise. They had lost their pursuers, definitively this time...[/b] [b]And here, in better view and out of the rain, the girl's features were much more visible. She was only about nine or ten, with fair skin and short black hair... She would have been astoundingly pretty if not for the wounds... And then there were the marks... Three strange line running across each cheek. A strange girl indeed... Why such men wanted to harm such a girl didn't make much sense.[/b]