Aiden Shepard [ Abraham Van Helsing ] (arcere) wrote in bellumlogs,
Aiden had assumed regular circus tasks, but then again, he didn't know much about the circus other than what you learned as a child (i.e., there were elephants and acrobats and so on and so forth). What sort of tasks could a circus contain? Were they supposed to tame elephants? Or lions? Something like that ...
But then he heard Helena say the words 'up there' and, as he turned, his eyes were drawn inevitably upward. Far above them were the long wires that made even Aiden feel dry-mouthed and nervous with a terror of heights. And he wasn't afraid of heights.
"Unbelievable," he said, staring up. This wasn't even possible.