Goodnight, goodnight

A piece of glass and a piece of stone.

They were the first things that Bowen saw when she opened the door. A strange feeling had come over her and she knew that she needed to look. Leaving her task of picking up puppy toys and scattered items, Bowen had moved towards the door. The woman was puzzled for a moment then, gently, reached down and lifted the piece of shimmering green glass. There was a warmth that filled her as she looked through it, but it wasn't anything that she could describe.

Bowen then lifted the piece of stone. It was a nice sized chunk, but not terribly heavy. Some might have seen these items as trash, but someone had gone through the trouble of placing them there, so Bowen brought them inside and placed them upon her mantle beside the glass ball that she and Artorias had found when they were puppies.

As Bo lifted the stone, she caught the faint, familiar scent of Sota. Surprise lifted her brows and she carefully placed the items up out of pups reach before moving out the door and towards her friends room. She wanted to thank him for the surprises.

A sable gloved paw lifted and she rapped at the wooden door, expecting Sota to come tottering out with a smile on his face as he always did. This time though... there was no one to open the door. The caramel and cream fae placed her ear against the wood and thought that she could hear faint, soft sobbing. Privacy be damned, Bowen opened the door.

Kaito lay there beside Sota's sleeping form. The little lemur was a mess, crying and shaking his long time master. The moment that Bowen came in close, the lemur leaped towards her, burying his little face in her neck and refused to let go. She was able to sit him between her shoulder blades at least so she could tend to Sota. Was he sick?

Bowen's mind refused to grasp the reality of the situation. One small paw reached out and settled upon her friends shoulder first. There was no rise and fall of breath. No... he was just sleeping deeply, that was all. She gave him the slightest of shakes just like Kaito had been doing. The small man's body was rigid and cold. Ah... but he looked so peaceful. "Ah...Oh Sota..."Bowen spoke softly through the tears that were relentlessly streaming down her cheeks. Gods... how she had loved the little brute.

Kaito scooted back to her chest and Bowen held him close. Together the pair mourned their friend. "It's okay," she soothed the little lemur. "You can stay with me, if you'd like." She offered him a home and a place of continued love and care.

Glassy, emerald green eyes, close to the very color of the glass that Sota had left her, stayed fixed on the "sleeping" form. Bowen leaned forward and placed a soft kiss upon cold lips that still seemed to be smiling. One paw gently caressed his cheek, smoothing silvered fur. "Safe travels, my dear friend. May the wind always be in your sails and may the sun always warm your face." She then sent Bishop off to collect Artorias. Everyone needed to know that The Hallows greatest treasure had crossed on to the next adventure.

"Bowen"