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Sensitive ears caught the faintest sound: an inhalation, but not one that came from either canine or feline. The sound came deep from the chest of a large beast and Nayru immediately pictured Lilliana’s companion Grace. It sound similar to the noise the horse would make when startled or surprised and Nayru froze in her place. Even when she believed herself to be in complete solitude there was a small part of her that was ever aware, ever on guard. The cow patterned creature was a tracker by nature, and one of the most important skills in that was never to be the one tracked first. Nose twitched, testing the air but when nothing revealed itself she abandoned the last few remaining feathers on the ground and tip toed in the direction she believe the snort had come from, careless of the blood smears around her lips and on her hands.
As she came close a familiar scent did drift into her nostrils and her heart gave a start. Instinctively she knew that the man she was about to stumble on probably realized who was in his presence nearly at the same time she realized who was in her’s. It had been a long while since she had consciously thought of the man, not since the time she had tracked Harlowe’s scent to Anathema to discover the locale of the prior Dahlia de Mai members. The girl had encountered neither man nor boy that visit, but had indeed verified their new home with Naniko. And then they had been forgotten. Yet as she came into sight and laid her ruby gaze upon the man, sitting atop a four legged beast as she had guessed, he seemed both completely foreign to her and completely familiar. Her soft voice came slowly, unsure of the proper greeting for such an encounter but settling on one of the most simplest. “Larkspur D’Angelo.” because the man before her could be no one but him.
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