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Hikaru was blissfully oblivious to any discomfort Hana felt, he was either ignorant or she was good at hiding it. He had no real reason to suspect that Mortis brought him to the queen specially nor would he have figured his friend Hanako would be bothered by the fact. She continued the conversation, and offered a pretty good tip, with the cold everyone would be spending more time at the bonfire in the pack lands. Hika liked Mort’s fire and barely remembered being pointed to such a place. ”Hmm, good point.” Maybe later today he’d stop by.

Kaiyo’s attention was brought back to Hana as she asked how they even met in the first place. The koi didn’t realize it but at the thought of their time together Hika suddenly adorned a dreamy grin. ”I was lost in a snowstorm. I heard him calling out to Saph so I rushed in to help unbury her from the snow.” He started the story as it had begun. He’d picked an awful time of year to go out on his own. ”By the time we found her all three of us were freezing, so Mort had the idea to find an old hunting dug out. We squeezed in there to keep warm until the storm finally let up and we could get here.” Ever since Hika had been enjoying how affectionate and warm Mortis could be.