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Who: Aaron + Liam
What: Getting horses in London
When: After the hair shows up, before things get too chatotic.
Where: London!

"We're going to investigate the subways, aren't we?" asks Aaron, as he keeps pace with Liam down a London street. The past few weeks have been fantastic, honestly -- Aaron doesn't know when he's been so content. Being out of doors, seeing places he's never seen, being in good company, the future only a vague worry, it's all been good for him. Not even that one wolpertinger they had stumbled across put a damper on it.He's a little worried that he wasn't able to detect any underground creatures, and their existence is still a nagging fear, but this extended camping trip is what has made Aaron finally feel ready to take on the real world and its mysteries again. There's a spring in his step and confidence in his voice.

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[elfstoned]

Aaron nods.

He's with Liam: possibly in a less excited and more determined way, but they are here to investigate, and he's not going to turn back because of a weird smell. Not when it might be what they're looking for.

(The tunnel itself is wide enough that Aaron can keep a lid on the dull sense of dread that hasn't really gone away. God, he doesn't like seeking out evidence of an Animal in an underground tunnel; his memories of Aragorn have only compounded his nervousness in small or underground places. He's glad he hasn't had another horrible flashback yet, but he can't deny that it's still possible. Every time he's gone underground with Echoes. Every time.)

He rides forward, going deeper into the tunnel and moving closer to the rails. Aaron flicks the flashlight on and shines it ahead of them, moving the beam over the walls and down into the train-tracks, bright enough to get a good look.

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It's when they're closer to the tracks that the air begins to get stale. That's when Liam starts to feel a bit claustrophobic. He didn't exactly enjoy living in the mountain in Vegas, it had upped his tolerance some after a while. Still, underground was not his favorite, and the lack of free air had him a little on edge.

He keeps quiet, some of the enthusiasm fading as they go deeper into the tunnel. Then, something catches his attention in one of the passes of the flashlight. Was that... hair?

Liam keeps his voice low. "Dude, wait. I see something." He holds out his hand for the flashlight, asking for it silently.

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"Careful," he murmurs, voice just as low: he hands the flashlight to Liam but will keep close, following Liam and the beam of light as he investigates.

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Liam shines the flashlight down the tunnel. Ever since his eyes had changed, he could see quite a far distance, however the light only went so far.

"It looks like hair, or maybe fur? It's still pretty far down there, I think we can ride a little longer."

He tries to lead the white horse on, but he's not cooperative.

"...Aaron, can you help me out here?"

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...Aaron thinks, for a moment, about how surreal it is that now his job is to talk to horses.

"I don't know if it will work again, but I'll try," he says, a little skeptically. "Come, friend, we have need of you. You cannot go back, and you cannot stay. You can only go forward. We will come out to light and air and food at the end of the journey."

I AM SO SORRY FOR THE LATE

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Liam would prefer it if he could talk to his own horse, personally, but now wasn't the time to dwell on it. The white horse moves forward again, though reluctantly. As they move closer, Liam can see more clearly what's down on the tracks.

"Okay, yeah, it's hair." he keeps his voice low, and continues forward until the tracks next to them are practically covered in it.

"Uh..." The Elf gives Aaron a look that asks Any ideas, dude? And yes, the 'dude' was portrayed in his eyes.

YOU FINE BRO

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What in the name of--

"I've never seen anything like this," Aaron says. He swings off his horse and crouches down by the tracks. "What sort of animal could be responsible?" The ones in America had been a crustacean and a snake. Aaron is running through all the animals he knows, wondering what familiar thing this could be related to.