I see before me a new horizon

[forachange]

Since Daniel had decided to spare him, Wembley's life had changed. Sometimes, he was a bit of a pet to the young man, in all honesty - or at least a very loyal sidekick. And he was more careful when getting his food - and actually conscientious of the whole "property" and "ownership" things.

Sort of.

Most of all, though, Wembley was less afraid to be around silly creatures - humans. Though he knew he still had to be careful, he now knew there were good, honest people among them. He spent more time in the heart of Valentine, usually out of sight but able to take them all in. They were interesting, especially to someone who had spent almost his entire life around a family and very small social group of only Fraggles.

Still, there was something to be said for species familiarity; for having companionship from someone who understood your culture and where you came from... It was just that life for the Fraggles he already knew was so different, now, from his own. They weren't out here like he was.

So when a bit of unusually vivid and bright colors caught his eyes one day as he scurried behind storefronts looking for discarded scraps... Well, he certainly didn't assume it was another Fraggle. But the color was also different than the drab colors and occasional jewel tones that silly creatures seemed to prefer. Also, that flash he'd just spotted out of the corner of his eye? It had been moving.

"Hey, wait!" Wembley called as he did a doubletake and then took chase.

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[gobetween]

That flash of color had indeed been a Fraggle. Gobo was skirting the undersides of buildings, crouched but moving at a good clip. Valentine was always a good place to find interesting things, he just had to be careful of not being seen. He paused in an alley between buildings, waited for a couple of horses to pass through the street, then he took off, scrambling through the mud and then under a porch. There he crouched, glancing around a bit, and he started to head off again when he heard a voice calling. That didn't quite sound like a Silly Creature-

He settled back a bit and looked around him, spotting the flash of color in the duller shades of the town.

"A Fraggle-?"