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She hadn't seen Rhythm in a few days and she was missing her, not to mention things had home had been different in her absence, and the poor girl didn't know where she fit in any longer. It wouldn't be long before she was making her way to the borders of Imp again, through she was feeling a little frustrated and unsure, so the girl paced outside the borders for a couple moments before deciding something. She would raise her head, but instead of calling for Rhythm, the little girl would call for Valentine. She wasn't entirely sure why she did so, but that was the name that fell from her lips, she would stop her pacing, and sit her rump against the earth, and look across at the border and frown as she thought and worried. "Speech"

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He followed the young voice to its source. Shaye sat just outside Imperium's border staring in. As he approached, Valentine's browspots lifted in a silent question. He'd told her she was welcome to come and go without seeing him so long as she announced herself, but her call had been clear. She wanted to see him. Stopping before the small girl, the brute queried, "Can I help you, Miss Shaye?" He remained standing, his tail hanging behind him and his posture relaxed. The girl was a cute little thing and her spunk made him think she'd get along with his kids. Well, some of them. There was one in particular who he was fairly certain would pitch a fit over having her space invaded yet again. ""