Kaya (1)

[Kaya POV]

I ran through the dirty slums of Alverton, ignoring the people who I'd knocked into in my rampage. Tears streamed down my cheeks, hot and endless, blurring everything around me as I ran. The once-familiar streets that I used to roam seemed like an endless maze, and I couldn't find the exit. Though, one thing remained constant…

Towering people who looked down on me with faces of indifference and annoyance. 

They all edged away from me whenever I got close like I was a plague or a cockroach. No, some even spat in my direction, asking me to scurry back into the ditch where I belonged. My chest hurt, not just from running but from the lump in my throat that wouldn't go away. I kept bumping into legs and bags, muttering apologies that got swallowed by the chaos. 

It was all so suffocating.

Was I not a human, too? Why am I treated so unfairly?