An unexpected deal

Kira continues to swim until she reaches the opposite shore, having to avoid some of the boats along the way. At least her fur no longer felt heavy from the mud and she was able to climb to the low pier. She shakes violently to get the water off her, becoming more or less clean before shifting to human again.

"A bath will come in handy afterwards," Kira thinks when touching her hair before she ties it in seven braids. She pulls up her hood. Her suit was no longer totally white but almost yellowish. "Let's see if I can open this."

She walks a little around the harbor, passing behind boxes and large animals dragging boxes, hoping not to be discovered and generate uncomfortable questions. At last she finds an empty little warehouse near the end of the port. At least there is no one in sigh. She opens the door and enters, it is also empty inside except for empty boxes.

"Seems like a good temporary place," she mumbles to herself.