is that a ghost or do you wanna hold my hand?

Sure, she was a little spooked, but hardly spooked enough to stop. Nah, she was gonna keep on going and push those bad feelings deep, deep down until she forgot them completely. Except.. it seemed Ophie wasn't so quick to forget the figure that they'd seen lurking in the darkness. She let out a little gasp when Ophie shuffled up against her, narrowing her eyes and trying to see what had spooked her. Was she seeing things now? Kaija felt like she might be, but a shifting of shadows nearby made her own heart start to beat faster in her chest. She heard the sharp crunching of a stick nearby - or maybe that was from the step she'd just taken? Kaija shivered and pressed harder against Ophie, only pulling away slightly once she spoke.

She wanted to go back? Kaija felt her heart begin to sink. "Like.. you wanna go home?" Kaija wasn't good at hiding her emotions, and this moment was no exception. The disappointment in her eyes was obvious, reflecting back the bright lights that seemed to swarm back toward them and dance around her head. "Fine, let's go," she said, sounding more disappointed than anything else. Going home meant Kaija would be on her own again; she couldn't go hang out with Ophie in her pack, she knew that. And while she'd been excited to be on her own, after leaving Valhalla, she'd been even more excited to come tell Ophie about it. Suddenly the looming shadows and strange noises n the night felt a whole lot less upsetting than the prospect of dropping Ophie off and then going off on her own again.