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He woke to a familiar voice, and for a moment he sat up, puzzled and shaking his head. The fog of sleep left his head, but he couldn't shake the feeling that the sound had not come from the dreams, but this very real realm. Gvihita groaned from her usual place just outside the window, and he sensed annoyance from her. Taking a moment to double check, he smelled the air - and certainly, there was something familiar! "Hang on!" he said loudly as he scrambled to find his support cane, and got up, shook his head once more to rid himself of the air of sleep, and strode in as large steps as he could towards the Town Hall entrance. Opening it, there was a sight for sore eyes.
She was clearly weary, and as he was not entirely certain what to say, he mumbled in surprise and ushered her inside to sit on his bed - the softest of the seats in the one big room that made up the Town Hall interior. What on Earth had convinced her to walk all this way? Unless Liliana had already take her mount - yes, that must be it. Finally as they were inside and he realized he was forgetting formalia,he opened his arms somewhat as he exclaimed her name. "Chitsa, why..?" he said, reaching towards her for a hug, and perhaps the completion of his own sentence.