[i]A... A little girl??[/i]

Hardwick blinked. Although the landscape beyond the door was faintly alien, no horrific creatures slithered through; no writhing demons of long forgotten eras; no malevolent entities transcendent of time and space. Just the warm breeze, the odd yellow-green grass, and the little girl with a missing doll.

Like water from a basin, the primal fear once more drained away and Hardwick was left alone with his whiskey. Well, other than the strange girl seated nearby whose attention remained firmly fixed on the door and the newcomer. Koru was tied up attending to the small child, and Ayeka had moved into the kitchen for a spell.

He looked at the animal-like girl, and nodded respectfully in her direction.

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