Had she known today would be the last day for her alone, she certainly would have thought twice about her actions. But she was no clairvoyant, and destiny had an unyielding grip; just like the ropes that now bound her hands together, which were long past the point of rubbing her skin raw. It was definitely a new take on how she felt about ropes, definitely a too unpleasantly intimate take.
She had tried not to go, but dragging her feet only resulted in bloodying up her knees and giving her brush burns all along the sides of her, which only aided in her soured disposition. But even as overwhelming and panic stricken she was at the idea she was to be sold off as a slave, property, as she was marched into the city, she felt herself feeling even more overwhelmed to the point of insignificance against the might and tower of the buildings of the great city. Only truly familiar with what cities looked like from afar, or from within the ruins of one, to see one standing so tall so proud had her gaping-
and also tripping over the metal shackles latched to her feet.
And soon she was eating the cobble stone. Not able to get up quick enough for her captor, there was a sudden kick to her ribs and the pain was winding. It was enough to draw her back to the present reality, but once walking again, she couldn't help but return to her gawking, only this time, she was a little more cautious in where she'd step.
It was about this time she had also come to realize eyes were upon her as they neared the town square near the Southern Matron River. There was a lot of things to look at there in the square, many trinkets glittering in the sun, many fine foods that, despite smelling heavenly, made the girl sick to her stomach. She was beyond hungry and found herself looking towards meat frying over a flame. What she wouldn't give for just a few bites of that chicken; but just as she was nearly trailing behind her master- a threatening position to be in, as she could surely fall again- she turned around and went to pick up her pace- when some strange bird came sailing right infront of her, leaving her gasping with a shriek.
The sudden swooping by bird not only surprised the girl, but the man holding her chains, and though frozen stiff in the moment, she wasn't frozen enough not to realize the man had dropped her chains. Quick thinking had her dropping her heels, and once the chain was in hand- the girl took off down the street.