No more long goodbyes

There was only moments to spare as the two women walked across the plains, happy and grinning at one another, before she heard the pounding of paws coming toward them and looked up to see Artorias' very familiar form sprinting toward them. A huge grin pulled across her face at the sight of him, the reason they were here to begin with. Seeing him made the move feel more real and like they had finally made it home. As excited as she was to be back in the castle again, she was even more excited to finally be with Art without having to say goodbye. She braced herself as he ran toward her and giggled like crazy as he threw himself at her, her tail wagging just as fast as his forelegs wrapped around her and she hugged him back in return. "We are!" she replied between her overjoyed laughter, enjoying all the kisses he peppered her with and returning the lingering one he placed on her lips.

He eventually pulled away to greet Lia with an similarly enthusiastic hug and she chuckled as she watched the pair of them reunite. She was so glad that they were finally here and that the three of them were all together again. It felt like ages ago now that Artorias returned from that trip with her father with Lia in tow and at points she had begun to wonder if they would ever make it to this point with all the catastrophes that kept happening, but now here they were, together at last. She chuckled as Artorias excitedly rambled about welcoming them in with a bath and food and began following him as he gestured for them to follow him. As soon as he offered to take the cart from Lia she nodded, saying, "That would be wonderful, Art, thank you." She knew her handmaiden too well and knew that she'd never let Artorias pull the cart willingly so she insisted and helped move the cart over to Artorias' back before she could refuse.

"Briar Zeitgeist Fatalis"