we all float on

*Zuriel* · (This post was last modified: 06-11-2017, 12:49 PM by Zuriel.)

While she had a hard time directly meeting his gaze, it was made easier by him not quite meeting her gaze either. Her eyes traced his scars the same way she might follow the veins of a leaf she was inspecting. There was so much history and pain in each of those marks that she couldn't quite comprehend. As a whole she had led a pretty easy life - even with the last year or so included. Yes, she had been raped and had become pregnant because of it, but she had a supportive, protective family behind her and three children that she loved dearly at the end of it. She had no visible scars on her body and she had never had a reason to fight. She hadn't even really ever gone without a good supply of food. She had been afforded with the luxury of spending her days learning about herbs and collecting them from all over Ardent without having many other worries in her way. Having pups did complicate that some, but when she had an alternative path of her life standing in her face she felt incredibly ungrateful.

The surprise on Zuriel's face was telling when he mentioned that he was here looking for her. She didn't know the extent of her impact on him, so when she heard that he had come all the way out here with just a hope that she might come out this way was incredibly confusing. A small part of her wondered if she should be worried that he wanted to find her out here on an empty island, but she felt no malice from him. She had never expected anyone to go looking for her or want her presence besides perhaps her family. The idea of anyone, especially someone like Elias, finding such unusual ways to see her was unbelievable. She had wanted to help him and was glad, in a way, to see him again. Zuriel just hadn't expected for this to be the way she did it.

Her gaze met his briefly before he started to move. She tensed slightly and her eyes watched him closely, following every movement with scrutiny. But she didn't move. For a moment she gave him her trust and she simply watched as he shifted closer. It wasn't until she was in his shadow that she realized he was blocking her from the breeze coming off of the cold water. She looked up at him with surprise once again, searching his face for a moment. She remembered how hard it had been for him to be near her the last time they were together and now to see him standing at her side and looking down into her gaze was astonishing. Maybe even more so was the fact that he had thought to be so kind as to help keep her from the chill. What happened between now and then to curb his behavior in such a way?

Zuriel followed his nod with her eyes and looked toward the treeline for a moment before looking back up at him with a small nod. Whatever tension had been in her shoulders was now gone, though she still kept a close eye on him all the same. She followed his lead when he began to move, staying just slightly behind him so that she was standing at his shoulder. She actually had more trust in him than she thought she would, but it still made her feel a little better to have him fully in view. She already felt better now that she was away from the strongest of the breeze and didn't feel such a chill. "I'm... glad to see you're doing okay," she said quietly, glancing over at his face. She looked away for a moment, watching her own paws move across the ground. "You haven't seen any of my... our... children, have you?" She liked to believe that he would tell the truth if he had and that nothing bad would have come of it, but she had also seen his mood swings in action. She just had to asked since he had been one of her worries after Kane and Miach went missing.

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