The woman walked through her dream land slowly, her mind sharply focused on remembering past events that took place in this field. Though her feelings were numbed by her medicine, Hani worked towards envisioning each event as if overlaying it with reality, urging herself to remember what she felt like back then. During the plague, when she saw Natalya’s son die, or when she shoved herbs down one of the pup’s throats. All of the events unrolled before her. She was always so timid, feeling so isolated. She was never a real part of their family. She just kind of lingered. The woman sighed and thought about how Natalya taught her to fight in the spar. She thought about how Natalya had fallen in the battle and wondered if she could have possibly cured Natalya if the battle had never happened. She felt like her friend had tossed her aside, but she was the one that had left. She hadn’t been right since. Part of her wanted to go back, but part of her resented that part of her life. She felt like it was a lie, like Natalya never really cared for her, that she was just responsible for caring for Hani. They couldn’t have really been friends. Hani stood in the open area and peered up at the sky, trying to calm herself. Maybe she should have eaten more herbs… "speak"

It hurt to be here, the ground seemed to be bleeding only painful memories and he was swept up in the tidal wave. This had once been a home, he had planned to see his family flourish here, planned to see them grow and create a life. Instead it had seen only their collapse, death and failure mingling in equal parts and tainting the air he breathed. Still the russet man pushed onwards, no destination in sight and only his willpower to carry him forwards. A familiar scent reached him, carried by the cool autumn wind and his pace picked up, eyes growing wide and flicking back and forth as he searched for the source of the scent. He had wanted to stop her leaving, had wanted to make her understand she didn’t feel needed but dammit if he didn’t need her! Finally he spotted her, head tilted back and he fought the urge to gaze up too. “Hani…” His voice was strong, a hint of the man he had once been lingering in the threads of his tone. He continued towards the woman, she had once been so scared of him, and he had no idea how she’d react to him being here so he kept his posture neutral. Talk like this

Hani’s sky gazing went on smoothly for some time, after which she was promptly interrupted by a familiar voice calling her name. She pulled her gaze away from the sky quickly to see Helios approaching. Her sea-colored eyes widened in surprise and she took on a submissive stance, lowering her ears and pulling her tail between her legs. The woman retreated a few steps, keeping her eyes on the brute before her,"Helios-" she stammered, halting and lowering her body slightly. She made sure she was sideways facing him, not taking her eyes off of him, but not looking directly in his eyes either. In her mind she was still his subordinate. Glancing at her paws, Hani murmured quickly, "I'm surprised to see you..." "speak"