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Bacc lumbered through the brush not too soon after she'd called out for their leader, keeping his mouth shut but continuing to stomp and crash along after her. His clumsiness amused her, and a lopsided grin teased its way onto her face. Any sourness of her mood was lifted by the antics of her best friend. "Bacc, you're so noisy! Whatever am I gonna do with you, silly?" She giggled, looking over her shoulder at him. She slowed down so he could walk along at her side. She wondered if he still wanted to go on this trip with her, since he hadn't been really super clear on his feelings about it to begin with. The duo walked on for a little while longer in what constituted for silence with her giant of a friend at her side. Leo, who was Miss Epiphron's son, appeared not to soon after the dynamic duo joined up. When she learned their sovereign wasn't present, she had to stifle a mildly confused frown. He greeted them warmly, enquiring after her purposes in trying to summon Pip. She suddenly found herself without a voice, though her tongue worked furiously in her mouth trying to form them. Jaws would open and close a few times, before she figured herself out. "Well, you see, Mister Leo, uh," She hesitated, stuttering and stammering like a fool. Her accent was unbearably thick as she fought to speak coherently. "I'm a year old now, and I was thinkin', maybe, if it was okay with you and your mama, that I could take a trip." She paused, watching his face for signs as to how he felt about this. "I wanna go back to the south, and the west, and see if I can find my sister Milli, and visit the place where I was born. And," Swallowing visibly, she looked over at her best friend for reassurance. He was very good at keeping calm, and she wasn't so good at that, at least not yet. She was much better than she had been a few seasons before. "I wanted to bring Bacchus with me, if that's okay too." The lavender nymph looked between the russet male and her best friend, seeking reassurance. If all went smoothly, they could set out the next morning! Otherwise, they could take their time, preparing for the trip, making their goodbyes, and all that jazz. She wasn't picky on when they set off. She just wanted to get out for a little while, get some closure. Taking Bacchus would just be nice, since it would be pretty cool to show him all of the places she'd been to as a babe, where her parents had settled her and her sister over the seasons. She also wanted to see if she could cajole her best friend into doing the same, but she hadn't really gone into detail about that one. It would be a spur of the moment thing, if they were still feeling up to it. |