C31 The First Time You Met a Child.

The bus stop.

Perye had a handkerchief in her hand as she sat on the bench at the bus stop. She waved the handkerchief in front of her nose from time to time to dispel the scent of the people around her.

She frowned as she turned around to see a person sitting on the other side of the bus with a packet of chives in his mouth. A hint of disgust flashed across her eyes