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Shadow woke with a start, all around him the noise of the city seemed at once both familiar and strange. Beside him lay the comforting warmth of Aeryn, ever since she'd got back from talking to Sharrack, Shadow had been unwilling to leave her alone for very long. It wasn't that he feared overly much for her safety, she'd shown that wasn't an issue, but if he was honest with himself, Shadow feared missing the moment.

Giving Aeryn a gentle squeeze, he moved out of the bed and into the cold morning air. He shivered briefly as the warmth was stolen from him and started to quietly make his way towards the door. As he reached the threshold, he stopped and glanced back at Aeryn, wondering how she could manage to sleep on a night like this. Later today, they hoped to save a lot of innocent people who'se only sin was to have a trace of Garou blood running in their veins.

As he quietly paced out of the door, he sensed the presence of another, tensing himself ready for action, a soft mewling reached his ears reminding of an animal in pain. As he strained his eyes in the darkness he became aware of a young boy curled in the corner. Unsure of quite how he could have gotten inside Shadow reached out a hand to gently shake the boy. It was only when his hand passed through the boy Shadow realised it was a ghost.

He withdrew his hand quickly, filled with sudden unease. He hadn't ever really understood why ghosts would find him so interesting. It's one question his parents never really answered and the Bubasti he had grown up with never knew how to answer the question. Looking down at the boy Shadow whispered words of comfort to the boy, hoping that if he could calm him down a little he'd fade into the background. He knew, almost instinctively, that ghosts tended to be highly emotional, the few he'd encountered were always attracted to a certain type of emotion but all had responded well to compassion.

As the boy gently faded from sight once more, Shadow felt a warmth encircle him. Aeryn had obviously woken and finding him gone, come down to find him. He relaxed into her arms and smiled, almost to himself. Trouble might be coming later today, but for now he had peace.