Slowly but surely other members of the family began to arrive. Anthem was next, eagerly greeting Symphony and Novella stepped back to let her brother have his moment, smiling upon the reunion. None of them had really taken their sister's leave all that well, though it probably had been the hardest on Anthem, he couldn't understand things quite so well and Symphony had been there looking out for him his entire life, now suddenly she was gone. Novella could only imagine how confusing it must have been for him, though there were certainly no hard feelings, not that she could ever imagine her loving brother bearing a grudge towards anybody.
Song was the next to arrive and certainly one of the calmest of the greetings that Symphony had received so far, rivalled only by the slightly sheepish one of the blood covered Dhiren and his catch. Of course both were shortly beaten by the arrival of Novel. It was an odd sight to see her niece seeming so timid and lost for words, even upon their first meeting Novel had been so confident and warmed up so swiftly to her new family. The sight of her now was certainly not one that Novella ever wished to have to get used to.
Symphony addressed Novel now and the guilt was rather evident as she lowered herself to the ground. A part of Novella wished to encourage her niece, certainly not wanting the family so divided, it was bad enough that Symphony had moved away it would be far worse for half of the family to hate her for it. Mismatched eyes simply quietly flicked back to Novel, silently hoping she would give Symphony another chance. Her siblings had of course once had to do the same for Song and Novella decided that grudge had been more than enough.
As Symphony then began to speak of her new life and invite her family to share their news, Novella found she really didn't have much to say. Quietly she had continued her life here in Ludicael, there had been no real important events to speak of, apart from perhaps finding Satu and their cousin now joining them in the pack. It would be nicer though she thought, for Symphony to discover that fact herself, Novella wouldn't mind seeing the surprise upon her sister's face when she saw that their cousin was also in Alacritis.
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