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[ The network flips on, with Ella quietly strolling down the stairs. Everything that had belonged to Hattie has finally been put into boxes, ready to be shipped to her evil stepsister whenever she wanted them. Ella is torn on that, but whatever. ]

When I came back to this place I never thought I would be able to get my house back. I have you to thank for that, Meg, so you can consider my door always open to you if you need it. Furthermor- Kyra what are you doing?

[ The NV is set down on a table as Ella enters a living room to find her wolf investigating a set of loose floorboards. Curiosity gets the better of Ella, and in minutes she's pulled said floorboards up, dragging out a small chest with words written in another language. When she opens it, what the NV can see is money. A lot of money,
neatly tucked in tight rolls. ]

I had a stash?

[ And suddenly hearing a noise, Ella jumped, looking over her shoulder. ]

Eponine? Is that you? - is something wrong?

Aye, Madame! It is me - only - would you mind taking the potatoes off the stove? They will boil over and.... and I'm... indisposed.

[ A lame lie, but hopefully Ella will fall for it. Eponine is, of course, NOT on the toilet. No, she's at the top of the stairs, just out of Ella's sight. She had been on her way down to finish the dinner when she had heard Ella talking, and had stopped to listen. A STASH? Of MONEY?

Eponine licks her lips. That money would help her a lot. A lot a lot. And... and maybe she could help Hattie a little? Only, Ella would never give her money. Or give it to Hattie. Had she not thrown Hattie out? So Eponine made up her mind. She yelled and as soon as Ella was safely in the kitchen, Eponine scuttled down the stairs to the chest. That's the most money she's ever seen, and in her sheer excitement, she doesn't even notice Ella's NV still rolling.
She starts to grab the rolls, shoving them into the pocket of her skirt. Unfortunately when Eponine does grab the bills, the sleek, large wolf moves - having been curled up on the other side of the room, watching Eponine neutrally.

A blur of fur, a savage snarl, and Eponine screams, dropping the roll of money she currently clutched as the wolf is on the girl, attacking her arm to make her drop the money. Eponine fights back, hitting out at the wolf to make it let go of her, and trying to wriggle out from under it. But the animal is heavy and determined not to let the young thief go. ]
In a panic - she can feel blood dripping from her arm, Eponine shrieks. ]

ELLA!!! ELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLA! HELP ME!

[ She screams again, and tries to shove the wolf off her, exciting the animal, which pushes Eponine back against the box as she struggles, knocking the NV so the screen goes blank. ]

[ OOC:Purple is Eponine, Blue is Ella! ]

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[Oh lovely. Another man who would sooner ship her to the police than comfort her.]

Go AWAY, M'sieur.

Is that really the course of action you want me to take? Now stop screaming and stay calm. Hold still and don't excite yourself.

Yes it is! You are the last person I want to see.

[Especially when he's apparently seen her thieving. Has EVERYBODY seen that? Oh goodness. She was going to be in trouble.]

I am fine M'sieur.

[She takes a deep breath, fingers of her uninjured hand pressing hard against the bits of Ella's skirt wrapped around her ripped open one.]

Uh huh... you're bleeding like a hog at a butcher's.

I was attacked by a wolf! Of course I'm bleeding, M'sieur.

[She snaps out. Stupid, stupid man.]

sometimes you are a fool.

A wolf? In the city? You got bit by a dog, didn't you.

NO!!!
It is a wolf; can you not see? Are you blind? It is Ella's wolf. You think I am such a coward to scream over a dog bite, DORIAN?

[Her ultimate mark of disrespect; she drops the title]

Now stop squalling like a mad cat. There are no wolves in the city, now stop behaving like a frightened child.

[And he doesn't notice or he doesn't give a damn.]

I am NOT frightened. It is a wolf, you ask Ella. It's HER wolf.

M'sieur, you are an unfair man, thinking me to lie. Why would I lie? I scream because it HURTS, you see? Not from fear. You see?

[and with that, she swings the Nv over for a close up of her left arm. There's a deep cut, from which blood is still pumping, staining the rags pressed round it red. Eponine's dress itself is covered in blood too, and terribly ripped and ragged.]
You see? A wolf, not a dog bite.

Ugh! Put that away. You're disgusting. Just stay out of the way and be still until help arrives.

I HATE you, you know.

[She sighs, and moves the NV just slightly closer, just for a second. She's trembling; it hurts a whole lot more than she's trying to let on. But it hurts]

And you're unfair. I hate you. I hate you I hate you I HATE you.

I don't care, you know.

I don't care I don't care I don't care.

Now sit still and don't get blood on anything else.

Do not tell me what to do, M'sieur. I don't have to listen to you. You might be a gentleman, but you are a slug to me.

[Which makes her better than you!]

You could at least say you are sorry that I am hurt.

If you've bled on the carpet I'm very sorry. It's lovely.

[Is he tring to make her cry? The poor kid is in such severe pain, she's trembling all over. She's lost her house, friends... even random people will hate her apparently. And Dorian cannot even say he is sorry.

She deserves it all, the taunts and the pain, she knows she does. Doesn't make it easier to stomach though,]

I... I suppose I will pay for that to be cleaned, M'sieur.

Yes indeed. What were you doing to set off her guard dog anyway. Thieving again?

I have said, M'sieur, Kyra is a WOLF. Do you not listen to me?

[Avoiding that question...]

Ah so that makes stealing acceptable if it's a wolf? Come now. You were, weren't you.

You would not believe me even if I said I was not, would you? Perhaps a wolf just attcked me whilst we played.

That's not what Ella said about the animal. She said that it was a well trained tame thing.

Even the tame can become over-excited, you know?

You're a liar. And you're a bad liar. And the fact that you're a liar makes it even more obvious that you are a thief as well.

Well then, perhaps I WAS a thief, M'sieur, Perhaps I am a thief and a liar and whatever else you think I am. Perhaps I am a disgusting creature, Perhaps I have no friends and no home and I bet you think I deserve it, and probably you're right... But you can ask Ella. Nothing is missing.

That proves nothing since her wolf stopped you, little idiot.

I am NOT an idiot. I can read AND I can write. I could have been really clever if I'd been allowed books, I know I could.

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