"At least it's not a made up name." Willow grumbled, at one of Jackal's latest remarks.
'not a name I would give to something'
She couldn't help but be annoyed by a comment like that. After all, there was nothing wrong with her name. She even almost found it pretty. It just had a nice ring to it. She certainly liked it more than something boring like Jennifer, or Tiffany. If there was one thing her parents had done right by her, it was give her a nice name. Of course, that didn't make up for their long list of failures, but it was something.
She let it slide though. She certainly wouldn't forget what he had said, but there was no use starting an argument over something so small at a moment like this. Even she knew there were more important things to be doing. Instead, she focused on Jackal's behavior as he walked along. He moved effortlessly, as if not the least bit lost or nervous. She wondered what his role was here. Was he a scientist? It certainly didn't seem like it. Maybe another experiment? It was possible... but... then why wasn't he locked up? And how did he know the way out? Maybe she'd ask. It might make him mad, but she didn't really care.
As she was deciding whether or not to do this, they reached the door. Pausing, Willow stared for a few moments, seeming hesitant to step outside. She wasn't really scared of the consequences of leaving, no, that certainly wasn't it. They couldn't do anything worse to her than they already had. Why, she imagined she'd rather be dead than locked up. It's not like being stuck in a cage counted as living, anyways. It was just... it had been so long since she was outside. As silly as it may have been, she was nervous. After taking a few deep breaths, she finally got up the resolve to step out into the open. Shading her eyes from the sun, she glanced around, seeming almost in awe of the fact that she was no longer stuck inside the lab.