The past few days she had hung around outside the Victorian house, coming and going as was her manner. Mostly at night and mostly when no one saw. Yet Bris was growing bigger, almost too big, and her time was almost up. No one had to tell Nayru that and no one had to ask her to come. In the middle of the night she had left her green house, watering what plants needed it and headed back to “home”. Attached to her ankle was of course her dagger and anklet Bris had constructed, but aside from that she left everything in its place in the green house. It would all be there for her when she returned in a few days.
Dawn had just broken when she came into the Victorian house, to find it still and silent. Slowly she padded about the house, checking in rooms where the doors were half ajar. Some souls she found sleeping and some she found missing, but none awake and able to talk with her. Even Gideon. Especially Gideon. It had been some time since they had spoken and just as much as being near Bris during her birthing Nayru had looked forward to spending some time with her friend. To live alongside him and the others again, if only for a few days. Yet he was not here and she pulled herself from the warmth of the house once more, settling herself on the steps to the front door, drawing her knees up to her chin.
For a long while Nayru enjoyed the solitude, her mind slowly peeling apart all the possibilities of the day. It would be sunny enough; perhaps she would go hunting and bring it back for Conor and Bris. Or maybe she would spend time with Range and Melee. Saluce too needed to be visited, although she saw him every now and then to tweak her training, which had become somewhat of a solo activity as well. Most her activities eventually did. All that would only be killing time, because Nayru knew that whatever she did do with her day it would all be dropped when Gideon came back. Deciding this she closed her eyes, knowing she wouldn’t go hunting because what if she went out when he finally did come in? Better to be still and wait.
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