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Scene: Daniel + Friends

Okay MissAvarice
Daniel has THREE friends.
Scilia. Francis. And Jacob!

Jacob was really good for Daniel. He raised Little Bat's self confidence a lot to the point that Daniel didn't used to hide his features all the time. He'd go out in public in a t-shirt to expose his grey skin. His shirt would have holes for his wings since it was so much more comfortable to have them free.

Even if his wings are small, he liked having them out. Jacob thought it made Daniel unique and always support him.

Even after Jacob died, Daniel continued to wear his wings free. Call it whatever you wanted, defence, rememberence, or simply comfort.

He doesn't do that anymore though. Even in the palace you'll almost never see his wings out, he just might let his hood down.
He's got a good reason for that. It happened about a year ago when our young Daniel was only 20 years old.

Daniel continued his walk down the streets of Delyra. He'd finished his work for the night and decided he wanted some fresh air. Things had been rough for him lately. It had been a few months since Jacob passed but Daniel hadn't been able to find his killer. He'd had a couple of bad nights too but it was worth it to help Scilia. She needed him in those times more than he needed sleep.

Daniel paused near the town center and leaned against the decorative greenery. It was a clear night so he looked up at the stars for a moment. He didn't have extraordinary vision but he could use echolocation if he needed it to get back. He knew the path well enough to just use it not to bump into anything. For now the moon and stars were enough light. 

His ears swiveled back when he heard footsteps near him. That's odd, not many people would be out this late. Daniel listened to them getting closer before finally pushing himself off the tree. He started to walk again and noticed the footsteps followed him. There was another pair coming from his right. Daniel noticed those too late and a boy looking to be in his late teens grabbed Daniel. More specifically he hot ahold of Daniels wing.

"Let go of me!" Daniel immediately stopped moving. He didn't dare struggle. Vespers were fragile but their wings were incredibly so. They could break like a stick but were very hard and painful to heal.

"What the hell is that?" A girl was standing beside the boy that had grabbed Daniel while the one chasing him finally caught up. Of course all three would be taller than Daniel. If the one wasn't holding his wing he could have forced them off. However, he didn't want to risk breaking his wing in the process.

"I'm a vesper, bitch." Daniel snapped. The male holding his wing pulled on it. Daniel fell back onto the ground at the force, biting back any sound of pain. His wing was forced at an awkward raised angle now and his back was already sore from the pull. "What do you want?"

Daniel knew the best way out of these sorts of situations was to give the kids their magic tricks then leave.

"It's a freak." The second boy answered the girl. "Some kind of demon. Look at those eyes."

"I'm not a demo- fuck!" The male had pulled on Daniels wing again. "stop!"

"It's got a foul mouth." The girl noted. "Hey remember Jane said there was an old man outside of town who would buy things like this and sell them? Think she was telling the truth?"

Heck no, Daniel was not letting himself get sold to the slave trade. "whatever he's offering to pay I can do much better. I have magic." Daniel bargained. "I can do almost anything you desire."

"I really just want money. How much do you have?" The girl asked.

"Not much on me." Daniel glanced over his shoulder at the male holding his wing. He had a firm grip on the middle of it. He wouldn't be able to easily slip out.