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"Oh, ah, nope.  I guess not."  He rubbed his chin thoughtfully.  "Now if I were a human, where would I live...?" "A house," she stated with a straight face. He ran with the information.  "Now if I were a human house, where would I be...?" Hildegard rolled her eyes, not sure if he had humored her or if he was oblivious to the sarcasm.  "Near a water source might be a good place to start," she said. "Now if I were a water source..."  The man smacked a fist in his palm before he could repeat himself a third time.  "Wasn't there a stream that we passed a little while ago that led out of the woods?" Hildegard nodded.  "That sounds about right

Wet. Drenched. Freezing. I hated my life in that moment. Dodging huge balls of water the size of my head was terrifying and time consuming. My hair was soaked, hell, my entire body was soaked. How was I supposed to show up to this meeting looking like I had just showered fully clothed? The wind was also so strong that it almost lifted me up with it, like a flyaway sheet of paper. Don’t go outside, the news station said, it’s not safe for humans. Well, apparently my boss didn’t get the memo, not that he cared about the safety of humans anyways. My blouse clung to my torso, and the hair that I painstakingly put into a swe