World Weary Heart

Her sleep was without dreams, just a black blanket wrapping around her. Her breathing was steady and unfaltering, until a voice she knew oh so well broke into her eternal darkness. Thinking she had imagined it, but wanting to check all the same, the dames eyes opened slowly. She blinked several times, focusing on the real world around her before lifting her head. And sure enough, there he was. Valentine was standing before her, in all of his former glory. She woke up in an instant, leaping to her paws as she let out an excited bark. Unable to retain her excitement, she trotted a quick circle around the larger male before stopping before him once again. "It's really you!" she said, reaching out a paw and trying to prod his right front leg. It felt too good to be true, but he was solid and all. Her elongated tail wagged behind her as she looked up at the mountainous man, her purple eyes alight with joy. It was a rare emotion to see on the warrior, but it was there all the same. After a few heartbeats she sobered up, drooping ever so slightly as she looked him up and down. "What happened to you? You were sick and then all of the sudden... everyone was gone," Her voice dropped slightly, the pain of Imperium breaking up was still so raw after all this time. The world hadn't been the same without it, and was worse off too. Since then she had been trying to find something good enough, but there was a whole lot of crap out there. "It just hasn't been the same, you know?" Mercy asked, her shoulders shrugging as she tried to keep it casual. The last thing she wanted to do was bum out this reunion, but she had a feeling it was too late for that.

"SPEAK"