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Lucia Marino · 04-26-2012, 04:43 PM

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sisterly fun times, oh my!

Renato was altogether surprised that that the Marino woman had chosen to bring them there all on their own. She’d dismissed him pretty quickly when he’d first suggested they search around her old home for clues, and the subject had been avoided since. There wouldn’t be anything there to find, she’d insisted. The petite girl had been the last of her family to remain there before the Valley disbanded altogether. And that chance encounter with her sibling on the shore further cemented the fact that returning to her birthplace would be a pointless exercise. Those she sought were here alright, but to find them, the pair would have to go east to the mountains, not making their way through these long abandoned lands. So why were they there?

Lucia herself wasn’t even sure. It would be easy for her to brush it off as giving in to Ren’s desire to take a look around at the place she’d grown up, but the fisherman had been blessedly silent about the whole thing since they’d run into Rio. She should be thankful for that at least.

Regardless of the reason, the pair of canines made their way through what had once been Valley territory. There was a vague sense of familiarity about the lands, but Lucia wasn’t sure if she was just imagining that until they came upon the still surface of the lake. That she remembered. She had spent much time fooling around near the water’s side as a pup with her siblings and Xeris’s children. Before everyone had left.

The Marino woman glanced around, searching both the horizon and her memories for some hint of where to go next. On the southern side of the lakeshore she spotted a small outcropping of rocks, and if she remembered correctly, the cabin her family had once claimed would be a straight shot away from there.

Ren had settled himself down beside the water, though those blue eyes of his were locked onto Lucia. She glanced down at him for a moment, as if debating what to do, before shrugging her bag and guitar case from her shoulders and leaving them beside him. “I’ll be right back,” she said, turning to make her way south before Renato even had a chance to respond. The fisherman shrugged, leaving her to her own devices. He was lucky that she’d come here of her own accord; he wasn’t about to push his luck now.

It wasn’t long at all before Lucia spotted the familiar cabin on the horizon. It was looking a little worse for wear, but still standing at least. She frowned as she made her way towards it. Here come the memories, the damn things.

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