A fool told me clarity beats serenity

Her body gave a little shudder of surprise when Tempest's claws touched against her coat and folded securely around her upper back. She sniffed, without even realizing at some point her eyes had started to leak and she hurriedly tried to wipe away the evidence, through no doubt the dratted bird would have spotted it already. Shaye didn't cry, it just wasn't a thing, well... she cried when she stubbed her toe, but those tears where so different to the ones she felt now, this wasn't here and she refused to ever be defined in this way.

It had been so long since she had seen Arcy that she hadn't expected his presence, even the s quark of his bird hadn't told her what was coming. Pest wasn't an uncommon sight for her, the duo often passed messaged back and forth through their feathery companions. She startled when she heard his paws through the undergrowth and turned to see him as he moved up beside her. She sniffed again, but this time her face broke into a watery smile. “Arcus!” she stated, before diving into his arms, over come with her delight in seeing him. Words passed between just wasn't the same as his presence, as seeing him here and now. “I-im fine, but how have you been?” she asked,