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[lalabrea]

What kind of beast would be roaming in this weather.

[ Lahabrea asked, but he would take the weapon. ]

[wordsinthesoul]

Hard to say- but nothing I'd wish you to tangle with alone.

[that's good. He settles a little, watching what there is to see, before looking over at Lahabrea again.]

I wondered- how did you come by those? I'd thought them lost.

[lalabrea]

[ It's quiet, except for the heavy rain. There's nothing really visible out there - but still, Lahabrea seems so focused on it. ]

...I stole them from you.

[ It's said so simply. ]

[wordsinthesoul]

[It's surrounding them- almost a curtain of sound.]

You- what? When?

[he stares, openly astounded.]

[lalabrea]

[ It almost seems to make Lahabrea comfortable. A curtain of sound and darkness. ]

When you fell into the Lifestream - well, were pulled in. It'd be a pity for you to die in such a foolish way. You mortals have no clue how to survive in there.

[wordsinthesoul]

[Unexpected- but not bad.]

No- it's hardly anywhere we expect to be, after all. But- you managed to pull the physical form?

[lalabrea]

...Yes. [ It's said so easily, but Lahabrea pauses before adding more. ] Your body was... strange. Not simply because you have my eye. But it was...

I don't know the term. [ but lahabrea is blushing. ] There was another, but I could only carry one. By the time I'd dragged you out, she was gone.

[wordsinthesoul]

Then not just- oh.

[he cocks his head, interested, and suggests-]. Intimate? [Y'shtola had cast Flow, and perhaps- perhaps they'd still been clinging to each other.] It seems- from what she was able to determine- the Lifestream moves quickly…. Still. I- I appreciate it. [he hadn't expect that. But… well. Here they are.]

[lalabrea]

...Intimate, yes. [ He huffed a little, trying to bundle more under the cloak. It was a little cold. Like darkness. ] It moves swiftly, yes - whenever one of us perished, we wouldn't know where we'd emerge.

Don't take it as anything. I wanted you to survive. That's all. Plus... your clothes fit me.

[wordsinthesoul]

[he shifts to let Lahabrea do so- it's fine, he doesn't mind Lahabrea getting more comfortable.]. So you'd have to orientate yourselves? Though- I imagine you'd be better equipped to get back home…

…so I can thank you for emerging as naked as my namesday, too? Well- I hope they looked half as good on you as they did on me. I'm still glad, I suppose. [still. what in the world is he going to do with you, Lahabrea…]

[lalabrea]

Your clothes would have melted away in the Lifestream - they are a lot less stable then a body. I did you a favour. [ he is nuzzling even as he tries not to sob. though he's still a mess.

but there's a little laugh. ] It's easy to get to where us Ascian live, yes, from anywhere within this Star. I miss it.

[wordsinthesoul]

I suppose they wouldn’t have that desire to stay together. Well- it’s nice to know that they’re somewhere. [he sighs, and puts an arm around Lahabrea, cuddling.]

That would certainly be useful. It’s... harder like this, isn’t it?

[lalabrea]

...That sack I brought with me. They're in there. And some other clothes. I still-- like these imperial ones.

[ sniff. ] I hate this.

[wordsinthesoul]

I wondered what was in that. It's good to have options. I don't suppose I could have them, at some point? You find them comfortable, then?

[he cuddles a little closer.]. I'm sorry. But- we're not so bad, are we?

[lalabrea]

...You want them back. [ Lahabrea says, musing over it. ] They're yours.

[ Was that a statement of giving, or... a statement of who they belong to? ] My body is wrong. And I likely don't have a soul, and that's wrong. You're not the problem.

[wordsinthesoul]

They are. I… we could probably commission you a set, if you liked.

[both, he hopes. Though he frowns- so that's what's bothering him?] …I don't know what to do for your body- but I can't imagine that you don't have a soul. You remember everything- and you came out here.

[lalabrea]

You'd do that for me? [ ??? Lahabrea is confused.

Before sniffling more. ] Lord Elidibus said it. Though he seems cruel - he'd never lied before. I thought he cared for us. For me.

[wordsinthesoul]

It seems simpler than sharing the one set.

[he rubs Lahabrea's back, making a soothing sound.]. I fear I don't understand why he would have said it, then- save to be cruel. But he'd done nothing of the sort to you before?

[lalabrea]

[ A soothing sound that almost makes Lahabrea stare for a moment. Familiar... almost like a siren. Like home. Hah... ] He'd not. We were loyal, doing our Deeds to bring on a Rejoining.

For Lord Zodiark. Not for whatever his God is.

[wordsinthesoul]

You were. So I don't understand…. Unless this is- not useful to all of that?

…mm. I wonder- I suppose the two want different things, in the end.

[lalabrea]

...Being Mortal-- I can no longer do what I did before. Manipulate people. It sounds cruel to your ears, but I loved my work. I love it.

[ Oh, poor Lahabrea. ] Zodiark was seperated from Hydaelyn. All He wishes for - we think - is to return.

[wordsinthesoul]

Ah…. I see. Well- it's a good thing to love your work.

That- seems understandable. You think so? Have you… not been able to ask Him?

[lalabrea]

...He is Silent to us. But we believe we are doing the best for Him.

[wordsinthesoul]

I see. But- I wonder why He is silent, then- it would make it more idfficult, wouldn't it?

[lalabrea]

...I've never wondered about it. Maybe our-- you call it the Echo. The Blessing of Hydaelyn - we had similar, for our Lord. But perhaps Zodiark is too far away.

--Zodiark must exist. M-must.