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Noelani watched with fear and awe as the little fireflies flickered over the water, making shapes that seemed so intentional, so deliberate. The thin girl was just in awe. Her lips were parted and she exhaled a little "Oooh~" of delight. It had to be a dream - there was no way this was real! Never had she seen anything quite like it. For a moment she thought she ought to wake up her brother, surely he would love to see... love to see... For a time, she'd forgotten where she was, what was going on.

Noelani was transfixed on the scene so when she heard an ungodly shriek she jumped in place. Ears flat against her head, eyes wide... if she had a tail anymore, it would have poofed. Suddenly her heart was beating a million times a second and before she could look around to see what the sound was, a glowing brown and white blur tackled her. She lacked any sort of muscle or mass to defend herself and she collapsed under Veigar like a little bird. She let out her own scream of surprise. Once she was on the ground she took a tiny breath and then realized... is that Veigar? Her heart was exploding out of her chest and her breaths were tiny and fast. She wasn't able to speak even if she wanted to. Gosh, he's heavy...