04-12-2009, 01:00 PM
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After her encounters with Sankor and Ril’o, Adelaida had tried to lay low. Still she stayed away from Dahlia de Mai, if they removed her from the ranks it was no big deal. Her brother hadn’t been back in to check on her, in that little shack in the Dampwoods, but she didn’t blame him. It seemed the days of his babysitting his sisters’s lives was over. Adelaida was ready to let go if that was the case. Still, he and Ril’o had done her some good. No longer did she passively wish her life away, she entertained the thought now and then as a passing idea, but it did not haunt her. Her coat and muscles were filling out a little more, she wasn’t so haggard looking. Maybe she was only taking care of herself because it had made Ril’o unhappy to see her not, but at least she was. Not seeing him anymore, who had become a close friend (who occasionally gave her warm feelings) saddened her a little, but she staying her seemed a worse idea.
Pickles rode on her shoulder, he hadn’t made a peep. Although Adelaida wanted the rodent to come with her, wherever she ended up going, he didn’t belong to her. She knew Alexey missed the creature, and it was only right he should be with her, not Ade. Adelaida had told the rodent this and hadn’t understood his squeaks of protest, perhaps at Adelaida’s leaving without making up with Alexey and Sankor, but he went with he dutifully to Dahlia one last time. There he would stay and Adelaida didn’t know the next step in the plan. And so when they did arrive at the borders, Adelaida bent down, letting the creature hop down. Well Pickles.. this is it, huh? She could leave now, but she lingered a little longer, although she wasn’t sure what she had left to wait around for.
After her encounters with Sankor and Ril’o, Adelaida had tried to lay low. Still she stayed away from Dahlia de Mai, if they removed her from the ranks it was no big deal. Her brother hadn’t been back in to check on her, in that little shack in the Dampwoods, but she didn’t blame him. It seemed the days of his babysitting his sisters’s lives was over. Adelaida was ready to let go if that was the case. Still, he and Ril’o had done her some good. No longer did she passively wish her life away, she entertained the thought now and then as a passing idea, but it did not haunt her. Her coat and muscles were filling out a little more, she wasn’t so haggard looking. Maybe she was only taking care of herself because it had made Ril’o unhappy to see her not, but at least she was. Not seeing him anymore, who had become a close friend (who occasionally gave her warm feelings) saddened her a little, but she staying her seemed a worse idea.
Pickles rode on her shoulder, he hadn’t made a peep. Although Adelaida wanted the rodent to come with her, wherever she ended up going, he didn’t belong to her. She knew Alexey missed the creature, and it was only right he should be with her, not Ade. Adelaida had told the rodent this and hadn’t understood his squeaks of protest, perhaps at Adelaida’s leaving without making up with Alexey and Sankor, but he went with he dutifully to Dahlia one last time. There he would stay and Adelaida didn’t know the next step in the plan. And so when they did arrive at the borders, Adelaida bent down, letting the creature hop down. Well Pickles.. this is it, huh? She could leave now, but she lingered a little longer, although she wasn’t sure what she had left to wait around for.
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