Outside Omens

Sphix followed Ellie to the shoe department. Some new footwear would be useful, she thought. While the shoes didn't suffer the same abuse most of her clothes did, she hadn't had that many in the first place. Shoes hadn't been the first thing she had been thinking when she had been forced to leave her old life behind. Yes, she decided, she definitely needed some new shoes. And a purse. Some plastic bags did have such unfortunate holes in them, after all... and blood was tricky to was out completely.