I s'pose it's prob'ly time ta talk some more 'bout somea the people that meant somethin' ta me, and since I did a boy last time, prob'ly I should do a girl this time. [She giggles after saying that, and smiles to herself] There's lotsa girls I could talk 'bout, but prob'ly I'm gonna save tellin' 'bout Rell, miss Atlantia, and miss Auska for when I'm in a better mood.
I dunno where she ended up after the mists took 'er, maybe she's 'round here somewhere, but I kinda miss 'er, so I'm gonna talk 'bout miss Claire.
Me and miss Claire had lotsa fun together, even if she was tryin' ta eat me mosta the time. It was okies, though, 'cause even the worst time, she still come back and made sure I was gonna make it.
Prob'ly I should start more from the beginnin' though. She was onea them hand fighters, like mister Kane and miss Raywyn, and like mister Kane she had a great butt. I'da even put 'er on my list if I wasn't worried what she mighta done ta me if I had. She used ta make leather armours same as I used ta do, 'cept she worked with everythin', and I just worked with dead kitties. I used ta sell 'er hides sometimes, before I found out 'bout the other stuff.
I didn't even know 'bout everythin' 'fore it was almost too late. She had this other outfit she'd wear somea the time, when she was startin' ta lose control all the time. She found me and miss Florence in the wolf cave one time when she was wearin' the outfit, and she hurt us both pretty bad. She was wearin' these heeled boots that she stomped on me with, and it was days 'fore I didn't hurt no more.
She seemed ta like me and miss Florence best, which woulda been good if it wasn't for 'er tryin' ta hurt us all the time. It also meant she followed us 'round sometimes, and if we did somethin' she didn't like she'd punish us or somethin'.
The worst time was in the women's bath at the Bell. Miss Rose was there with me, cleanin' a cut on my leg and bandagin' it, when we heard 'er mockin' snarl. Miss Claire was real sneaky when she wanted ta be, so mosta the time you didn't see 'er or hear 'er 'less she wanted you to. I had just 'nough time ta turn miss Rose invisible 'fore miss Claire pounced at me.
Miss Claire was always fast, but it was hard ta follow 'er movements when she was a rat. All I managed ta do was keep backin' 'way 'til I didn't have no place ta back to no more. She just smiled that mockin' grin of 'ers, and took a swipe at me. I thought she missed me at first, and the door ta the room opened 'bout the same time. She fought somethin' on the other side a the screen, I dunno what it was, but I'm pretty sure I heard some sorta fire, followe by a snarl and some sorta weird dyin' scream.
I didn't hurt or nothin', but felt weird, like my stomach was botherin' me, and for some reason I was layin' on the ground. Miss Claire come back, that same mockin' grin on 'er face. She come over and tore my dress 'way from my stomach, leanin' down close 'nough I could feel 'er hot breath on my skin, the 'er tongue lappin' 'way at my belly. She touched 'er nose ta my belly, for a second it felt kinda like a dogs, cold and wet against my skin, 'fore she fored 'er mouth through the cut she'd made in my stomch I still couldn't feel.
I couldn't feel no pain as she ate, just this feelin' of 'er mouth and nose pressin' inta me, and the tug of 'er pullin' my insides out. I dunno even how long she ate 'fore she left.
Then I just lay there, lookin' at the ceilin', hopin' somebody would need ta go ta the bathrom 'fore I bled out. It was miss Claire comin' back that saved me, not as the rat, but the girl she used ta be 'fore 'er curse. While she was bandagin' me up, she told me how the rat was mad at Rell for huntin' 'er, and how she was gonna do worse ta Rell 'less I 'greed ta let 'er eat me whenever she wanted.
I couldn't stand the thought a Rell gettin' hurt, even if I didn't really hurt none when she did it, so I said it was okies if she did, so long as Rell was left 'lone. I had ta 'gree ta stay outta the sewers too, and ta not hunt rats no more.
'Ventually I had 'nough strength ta walk, and 'tween the healin' I got from a mornin'lorder and an ezrite, mosta the worst of it was fixed. Didn't even realize she ate my ear 'til after, when I was tryin' ta figure out how my earring ended up in my stomach. I guess the rat musta spit it out inta me.
She got caught not too much after that, and I was there when they tried ta execute 'er, when the mists took 'er. I shoulda been happy she was gone, but I wasn't. Prob'ly it won't make no sense, but 'er mother was my father, so she was kinda like my sister.
I dunno. I don't really wanna talk 'bout it no more.