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"Nikka, Nikka, talkin' to yerself ain't no sign of smarts." The voice was low and familiar, and the fingers that pinched her side painful.
Anikka twisted away, not bothering to waste a glare on the voice's owner. "Go 'way, Danika. I d-don't have blood for you."
"Not even a wee tiny coin for ye're lonely only kin?"
"G-go on, Danika. You know I haven't--" Anikka began, and then stopped, suddenly feeling a blade at her spine.
"Don't call me Danika," her sister growled.
"Fine. D-don't hurt me." Anikka turned her head to see the girl who leaned on her, breathing hostility.
"'D-d-don't hurt me!' Waaah!" Danika, who was not Danika, mocked her in return. She laughed and sawed the blade lightly against Anikka's back.
"What should I c-call you then?" Anikka asked. She lifted her chin and tried to remember that the cassock gave her some measure of protection. Besides, she couldn't believe her sister would actually stab her. Not in the open.
