Endearing.

"Are you cold"? A voice called out in the distance.

"I?m a vampire, I?m always cold". She smiled softly from the spot on the roof to Delliah who appeared out of the forest. She knew it was her despite spotting her in the distance. That voice was full of caution yet a warm kindness she was befriending.

"Still though it?s lonely up there, would you join me inside"? Delliah licked blood from her paws and left a deer corpse lying on the fence.
Rewa stood shaking her head; she wondered if Cinder would have agreed with where Delliah decided to hang her food. Then again this is coming from a guy a who wanders about naked because it is his island and takes things out of context because it is more humourus to him to do so. ?No, I think I will stay here for a while longer it?s a beautiful night"?

Delliah nodded in agreement. "Of course, its Plygrethia, the skies are much prettier here even when it?s a cloudy night such as this. Even so, I hope you don?t stay too long outside even if you are feeling lonely out here. The warmth of a fire is a welcome sign perhaps even a friend?
Rewa nodded she understood but still she couldn?t help her feelings.

?I know, still I think its best I return to my home. I had thought about if for a while now. I would have made something of taking of him, but now I don't know. I think I am jealous of everyone. Especially you, he is always something to you; with me I am not sure. Even with others he is proud. Nobody can take his heart though like Kristae had or you?.

?You need not be jealous of me Rewa... yes; it?s true he never has loved another woman as he did Kristae. I?ve hoped he would move on and try but he refuses. He flirts and goes out with various types of women looking for the void in his heart. more than not he brings trouble. I too am jealous of some things in life that are not fair?.still he does love you and I think if anyone could mend that heart it would be you. I have seen the way you two are you fight like lovers?.

"No, I am sure he sees me as something else mayhaps a problematic friend..even when he is in a human form it is an illusion..but, what do you mean you are jealous? You out of anyone would feel no ills, isn?t that true? You are perhaps the only honest and pure person he has and without you he would never had gone on living! I think it?s why he carried that burden, the truth of you hidden for so long. I was never permitted to seek him or you out after Kristae died; he cut his ties with me when he learned of my vampirism?.

Delliah looked at her for a moment, she knew Rewa hated being a vampire. She was sorry for her bit at the same time she was being selfish to say such things.

?It?s true but still I am not his family by blood how could a cat be his daughter? Then again from what goes on in Rhy?Din this bond we share makes more sense than anything. Still I am jealous of one who does carry his blood. I am uncertain if it?s true but if it is, he has someone better than me?.

?What? Cinder has a child??
Delliah looked away she was clearly upset. ?Yes, though I doubt he believes it, it is something I have tried my best to keep him away from. I think he would be a grown man by now it has been a long time since there was a letter from the mother of the child, it matters not it's a passing thing". She curled up beside the pond watching the reeds drift on the cool autumn breeze.
?So while I am feeling no ills toward you I am still feeling them. It is only natural, unfair and perhaps I am being selfish like you?.

Rewa landed beside Delliah giving her a great big hug as best as she could still it was difficult to get her arms around her. ?I doubt this would change anything that you two have. If anything the more he has of a family the less interested he would be in me. Really do you doubt yourself and the bond of your father? Do you even know what he carries around in that pocket watch? It?s not a time piece or it hasn?t been for years?.

Delliah wondered that too, he never believed in clocks and time which everyone thought was strange yet he carried a pocket watch around. ?I don?t know?.
Rewa patted her behind the ears and smiled. ?He had it open the one time he was aboard my ship, he was sleeping at the desk writing in his book. As always he drinks alot at sea and passes out. There were two pictures in the pocketwatch one was of Kristae holding you when you were a cub and the other of his sister. I think he would not carry a picture with you in it if you didn?t mean the world to him. You know you are the only other Shirastan, I am thinking he has done so much for you. What has he done for this supposed son?
Cinder hates human holidays yet he celebrated Christmas with you every year since Kristae was no longer able to be with you. He takes you on trips across the world, he has placed his own health above yours countless times and you are jealous? He has given up on finding his true homeworld because he knows you wouldn?t wish to leave this one?.

?Red?? Delliah buried her head into her paws and whined like a little kitten. She felt so terrible for being so jealous and thoughtless of the one person who truly loved her in such a way she felt weak understanding.
She remained still and breathed slowly still feeling Rewa holding her tightly she stopped whining and looked up to her. ?I?m sorry Red. I did'nt mean those things.?
Rewa smiled and kissed the large cat on the nose. ?Don?t be, we all get like this now and then. You just got to understand that nothing is going to change in his heart with you?.

?I know?. She smiled and licked Rewas face. ?Rewa??
Rewa smiled leaning back on the large cat, mimicking Cinder how he loved taking naps beside the cat. ?Yeah??

"It's nothing".

Bitter.


?People from all over the world pass through these oceans yet here I remain. Why do I insist on staying here, where should I go? People search for new and better things when they travel. I was looking for something old, yet I know I shall never find it?.


It was a bright night, the moon hung in all its wisdom staring down into the world. The water calmly spoke back to her in gentle hills unseen in the dark. The Naglfar rested in an area of water which has been known to be cursed. Cinder had heard things in the water yet paid them no mind; he saw things yet cared not to detail them. He was immune to them not of the ship he was charged, but for his drunken self would care not anyway. He was tired and sick of the way things were leading him, he thought perhaps it was best to remain unfound in the sea. Nobody would go and find him if they were not certain of why they would he thought.

His delight was causing himself harm before others thought to do so. He hugged the bottle of strong Gosta to his lips and rose from the deck and cast his eyes out at the night. He sighed, he wanted nothing more than to forget but he could not do so. His purpose in life was unknown to him now, after seven months or more away from home away from everyone he felt persistent in keeping it that way. When he was a child he was always afraid to be alone now he felt as if it was where he belonged.

?Amongst this canvas I was smeared into..a painting which I do not fit any longer. You see, if an artist, a creator gives up it is an unfinished art..Perhaps it is true about people too. If their creator decides to quit the creation then it becomes useless?yes like to me. I am unfinished aren?t I? My Goddess has forsaken me for she forsook herself then her people fell. Yes, that is it?yet I too created something with her inspiring mind as it flowed from the bounty. So I too and I am not useless then when I have both arms, yes. Ha, I paint then too?!
He faded under the darkness of the clouds as it swept over the moon, as the light returned he was in the human form. She marveled at the hands, both of them reaching out to the moonlight. She took a swig of the Gosta and grinned, just like Cinder it was a sinister grin yet there was some sincerity, some warmth to it.

?If I am not inspired I must do away with my thoughts?. She set the bottle down and head below deck into the captains quarters. She sat at the desk and opened the bag of stones. She laid them all out across the table and smiled, in the many years Cinder had traveled to many places and never forgot to leave markings at the places he loved. She picked up the one etched as Plygrethia.

?When I first came to be into this world I never thought I would need so many stones, I assumed that if I worked hard enough I could return to my world. I have gained some things I would regret not seeing again if I did find a way. I have been the fox from Solas for so long, under that title I was a reckoning to those who stood in my way. I was a husband, happy and truly in love with a woman I thought I would spend many years with. I have given my heart to Delliah my daughter, my spirit. I had been a friend to many when they needed one or didn?t. I was here through bad times and some good times, mostly bad?this world is not a comforting one..it is not suited for a Kalveas?.

Jennifer leaned back in the chair and smiled catching the gear bag; it was filled with many things from Larooma. She pulled out the dagger from the desk drawer and drew some blood from her finger. With the blood she smeared it across her eyelids much like Kanueh?wa had done using red dye. She grinned in the reflection of the dagger; she eased the chair back on all four legs placing the stones back in the bag. She pulled out some clothes from the bag and picked the nice warm cloak, if only he had this on the way back to the ship in the north he thought. Feeling the lure of the drink Jennifer slipped the cloak on and returned topside. She swiped the bottle form the deck and took an unhealthy swig, feeling her throat throb as it burned her on the way down.

?My the great seducer of man, the destruction of civilizations the downfall of the?something...? She forgot what she was going to say yet rambled onto something else.
?What is it what I am looking for? Ho, you mustn?t always know but you should know why. In this language it is forgetting, in my own we Ferisha would reflect and remember what it is what we were never to learn to know why?hmm yes, everything in life is a sign a reading. It is universal in this place perhaps more so...everyone has their own goal and destiny. I am unsure and I cannot reflect upon it for forgetting and unsure are two different things. I doubt I should ponder the escape of the??.
With that she took another swig and fell silent to the deck as he had done a night earlier.

Loved.




Several days out at sea, alone and determined to kill off this wearniess has led Cinder to plunge deeper into madness till he finally surfaced with a new understanding.


?Come, I think of home. Not my real one but the one I have known??.
Jennifer sighed picking herself from the bed she crawled into many nights before. Like many night of drinking Cinder could drown in his thoughts, memories and hopes for the tomorrows.

?This burden that is Cinder, I regret things which I have no need to anymore. There is a past and a future but what present do I have??
Jennifer, Cinder, Rvheressa pieces of his soul, his heart wouldn?t play. Jennifer tossed the cloak on and headed above deck and gazed out into the morning fog sensing something amongst the waters. She gazed at the horizon of a ship, passing her eyes to a lone gull she smiled and picked the jug of Gosta from the deck.

She returned below deck caring not for anything but the truth and of a promise of what was decided many months ago.


?Jennifer, Cinder, you know I love you. I dare not think what would happen to lose you now. It is reckless and I know I cannot stop you. I know you and Lord Fenris have something planned yet I am left in the dark.
Always is Rewa left in the dark. I just cannot understand why, risk your life here for a place that may no longer exist? Kristae would not have wished this, nor would I. I love you, everything about you. You have friends, Delliah and me too who care about you?.

Rewa sat holding Jennifer in her lap. Tears ran from her cheeks as the Kalveas in human form rested. The flames of darkness still unyielding, the Saint?s Tear mark under her eye as it was under Cinders curved across his face her face like a knot of some unknown power. Jennifer stirred in the lap and arms of Rewa who held her. Jen reached for her face and smiled as Rewa bent down and kissed her. Jenifer closed her eyes trying to hide the pain of previous wounds.

?I know Red, you are a great friend, more than I have been. My friends are better to me than I to them, I mean well, perhaps it?s because I am not justified to have friends as such. Still, you are not left in the dark, you aren?t alone with your feelings?. She kissed Rew and smiledto her. She smiled in return wiping the hair out of Jens eyes as some perspiration and blood trailed off her forehead. She licked it off her and held her hand.
?Red??
?Yes?? She paused stroking her hair then continued.

She opened her eyes and failed to return the smile she was gazing up at from the lap. ?I know, you are right about me, I won?t make a path to my home only to cause more hardships. Delliah wouldn?t want that nor would Kristae is she was still alive. I know you are here by my side when I am in the darkness, I?d like to think I try to be there with you when all your light has passed. I do love you, it matters not which body my mind is still my own.

Magic is something that has been the root of my learning all of my life it seems. I spent a many long waiting?s in front of text books and in field work, more so in the battlefield. I have mastered a craft which seems to have no need in this world anymore, many are being void from its effects. I am not as accomplished as I was now that it has no true hold in this world. At best only my efforts into summoning can prevail against the rise of the new eras?.

?Hold on what are you rambling about? I thought you were making sense at first. Are you going somewhere with this??

?Forgive me..Yes, I was saying although it is something I know a great detail in there are other things I know of. Like painting, songs, poetry, fishing, the sea the forest, many lands, and of love. I do know love most of all Rewa. Love, something I witheld from myself I damaged myself from not having somone to love since Kristae".

"She didn't want you to end up alone, she knew how much you loved her. i have seen people who go a lifetime without loving another person...those who left before them wish them to move on and find a place for their heart to find love".


" I know, it's just after so long it is tough, it's like the first time all over again. You know that I love you...would you? I mean when all the task are complete consider coming to Rhy?Din, the Mirue province with me? Rewa? We could spend half the season there and the other on Plygrethia or wherever you wanted?.

Rewa had tears once again not because of her sadness but for her joys. She held her tight and smiled. ?Yes I wouldn?t think of anything better?!

Meanwhile back on Plygrethia.

Rewa smiled waking up on the couch, accompanied b ya troop of kittens she wandered into the kitchen. It was routine as Delliah was out hunting and keeping the order ofh er father's home Red was submitted to babysitting and house sitting. She fetched some raw meat and knelt onto the kitchen tiles and fed the children. She smiled as they argured and fought for their share. She drank half a bottle of blood and returned it to the fridge, pushing aside some leftovers from last night setting an apple on the counter. Smacking her hand after she smudged them on something sticky off the door, perhaps fruit preserves, she licked her fingers and watched the window at the bird feeder. A few squirrels were taking all the seeds, she banged the glass as Cinder would have and smiled. She closed her eyes and smiled bit into the apple, she had been thinking of the same memory.

Standing on wet waffles.



A day has passed and the Kalveas of Human lay silently sprawled out floating on a giant waffle. A half eaten fish rests on her chest as she gazes with wonder where the hell he has drifted. The ships that pass through here would not likely do so this time of year, the seasons pass and even his own ships do not haul goods this far from the trade routes. She peeled away the scales and ate some more of the fish and tossed it away after there was nothing left.

"I stink, I'm sore, tired..I think. I have called for my messengers hours ago where in the stink are they"?
Jennifer grunted and poured herself some more of the Gosta, at least there was one thing for certain once he had gotten home. Wine, Pie and Deer's Blood stew, somethings he knew would be given. It was clear he would have to abandon the quest for Lemuria for years to come... at best he would make an attempt to visit the children of Larooma once more to see if things were going well. He had hoped Shanpava would discover something that may lead to a clue or awnser.
It was becoming clear that he should abandon the raft. The waffle which served as one was becoming too soggy to remain on. She stood up with the spear in one hand and the bottle of Gosta in the other. She created a new one and banished the old one as she stepped onto the dry waffle.

"Waffles...yes, many tried and true methods. The humans were right in this one creation, they should have stayed with this design and forgot all others, truly a marvel...why even the dwarves talk of waffles with respect.
Kristae you made the best waffles, love they tasted so good because you made them with love".
With that she frowned, he frowned returning to his true form, a one armed Kalves, a Ferishan.

Cinder grinned taking a sip of the Gosta. He let out a sigh of disgust, perhaps it was becoming salty from the traveling. He figured it would be time to swim again soon, he rested for several hours and was getting nowhere it seems, the ship he had followed vanished from his sight yesterday. He returned to the form of the human and set down the Gosta abandoning it on the waffle. It was empty and liqour was not helping him this time around. Diving into the water Jennifer continued onward to the closest of lands.

The promised land, forsaken land, the land of Rhy'Din.

Ducky.


?You?re right once again whereas I am wrong?. She sipped her coffee and put her hand on Delliah?s soft white face. She smiled warmly. ?Your father has that same look you are giving me right now, it?s funny I?ve not noticed till now. I am sorry Delliah, I really did'nt mean it?. She closed her eyes putting the cup to her lips with a smile.

Delliah smiled slightly, she understood. "Red"?

"Yeah, what is it hun"?

"Are you getting enough blood from the animals here on this Island"?

?Oh, sure I can go a while without feeding off of my previous kind. You know the ducks....it?s kind of like the three of you; I mean you and your parents. Kristae, Cinder and you, in a lot of ways you are a bit of him and a bit of her yet there is that other that is clearly all your own. Like how their young are similar but dont look like it.

It?s actually comforting to know you are more like Kristae though. Cinder wasn?t really ever the colourful one still he is beautiful and wise, his heart is tender in other ways. You are a lot like Kristae, you may not notice it and of course you don?t look like her but you can tell none the less?.

Delliah smiled. ?Thanks Red seems you have been cheering me up a lot as of late?not that I was asking for it. I guess I really have been missing him, normally this stuff doesn?t get to me but what happened previously and now that I am a parent I can?t imagine not being around for my children. He has never even seen my children yet, I wonder what he will think of them. I wonder when they get older will some of them be like Lord Fenris. Do you think Cinder?s son looks his father??

Rewa sighed she knew that was still bothering her. ?It?s been such a long time, you?ve kept this a secret from your father and there hasn?t been any letters in years from this so called woman of his past. Nobody is certain Cinder is this man?s father anyway so what troubles you??
?It?s just that I know Cinder, and if this son of his is anything like him I might not be able to live around here and him any longer. Cinder only spoke of it once a long time ago, Kristae was furious with him; he slept on the porch for a week before catching the elven flu. I know I shouldn?t be jealous?.

Rewa moved over to Delliah?s bench and put her arms around her. ?You know, being jealous is my job not yours. We both know Cinder has only ever loved Kristae and he would never turn his back on that love that they both shared in you. I don?t doubt Cinder may be curious but he would never admit it. Something must have happened for him to have done such a thing. It?s probably why Cinder never likes to talk of his travels to the east. If anyone mentions the east he ignores it or suggests looking at the paintings he had done while there and that?s it.?

Delliah nodded and yawned hopping off the bench. She was concerned about the helath of Rewa but didnt drag it out. ?I suppose you are right, I?m heading back, time to feed the kiddies. Are you going to stay out here much longer?? Delliah asked with a concern that tripped Rewa. She faced the large polar cat, clutching the jewel given to her by Jennifer and smiled.

?Yeah, I still have half a loaf of bread, I?ll sit out here and have another coffee too after I finish this one?.
?Alright, I?ll see you back at the house, don't be a stranger, you are welcome to stay as long as you wish but I would understand if you needed to leave for a while?. She smiled at her as the sun blinded her for a moment before she canted her head.

?Right?. She smiled back to the cat and then turned to the sun.

Wounded.

?I don?t know, he is alive and perhaps its best we don?t worry about it now, we must get him a warm bath and keep him safe. I don?t like the fact he is as Jennifer, we truly don?t know how bad he is unless he changes back". Rewa wiped the strands of wet hair from her face and carried her into the bathtub setting her in the basin and turned the hot water and cold water on a half turn more of the hot. She pulled the stool next to the tub and sat there watching her silently in the steamy water.

Delliah followed giving a halt as she noticed three of her children. She gave them such a look as if to stop playing in the bathroom and leave at once, they did so with fear and haste. She leaned over the tub with a deep regret as if she could have prevented him from danger. Delliah was so sad that if made Rewa feel terrible as if she had two people now to worry about.

?He is dormant Red, all for his magic so he must be aware in his unconsciousness? I wish he would act his age, sometimes I feel like the parent with him. Rewa you should add some of his coral paste to the scrape on her face, perhaps some soothing oils too, he smells pretty bad for being soaked in the saltwater? She nodded with a smile.

?Well perhaps he does needs someone older than him now and then; he looks out for us but won?t admit he needs help. If Sessuna was here I?m sure he would be coming to her for help. It?s good that you have been here to take care of him, I am sorry I had missed so many years on Midgar?. She slid herself from the stool and fetched the coral paste from a canister that was labeled something else and was written over in Cinder?s writing.
?I am not the only one that you should thank, in subtle ways he has called for help but not just by me. He does look for help from his friends, I am sure they would know what I mean and I think you would too.
Perhaps he does not speak it clearly or understand how to go about asking for help anymore. He had been alone much longer than the short time we have shared with him. Still we are his family; he should try to understand that by now?.

Rewa nodded and sat back down applying some of the green disgusting looking stuff onto Jennifer?s face then smoothed it out with two fingers. She rinsed it in the bath water, turning the knobs off as it was warm enough now. She dropped some oils into the tub turning them into the water gently with her fingers.

?He missed his birthday it seems by two hours?. She drew the water from her hand onto her face washing the wounded figure. ?You could get some rest Rewa. I am sure you are tired, we will have a busy day tomorrow, I think I should watch over him?.

?No, I think I should stay awake, it would be difficult to sleep now anyway Delliah?. She placed her hand on Jennifer. Delliah knew it was best, she also knew something was wrong.
?Alright, be sure to reheat the tub and add some more oils. You might want to try some more of that coral paste once the first coat dries?.

?Yes, I will. Thanks Delliah?.
?You too, if you hadn?t been here I don?t know what I would have done on my own?. Delliah licked her father once more and then Rewa. ?Cinder, Happy Birthday Father?.

Rewa smiled to Delliah as she curled up to rest. She turned to Jennifer in the tub, her face worn with worry. ?Where have you gone these past four and a half months? We?ve thought the worst, we??. She started to sob, folding her hands over her eyes. The rain continued on softly playing outside on whatever it desired to fall on. Oktober 24th and Oktober 25th was now almost over he was not here, he was already a day older under a new age which he had no clue to. Perhaps if he was a tree one could tell his age, he had forgotten and it didn?t matter to him.

For somebody?s birthday it would have not seemed it, to be in a silent and motionless state bathed in oils it was more like a funeral bath than anything. Something had died though if they had not noticed, something would never be the same. Rewa felt it and Delliah was troubled by it.

Hours passed and both were fallen aslepe by the warmth and the aromas of the oils in the room. Jennifer awoke and turned her head looking around seeing Rewa and Delliah; she lifted her hands from the water and rested them on Rewa?s holding the side of the tub. She groaned fro ma pain and shift up a little. Softly casting her eyes into the tub, she wiggled her toes under the pool. Rewa looked up suddenly with a smile her tears still worn on her face. Delliah too perked up appearing by Rewa. ?Cinder? Are you all right?? Rewa said. Delliah licked his hand. ?Cinder?father I?ve?I?ve missed you?.

Jennifer smiled softly at them both. ?I?ve missed you?both of you. I am sorry I??. Rewa placed a finger over Jen?s mouth. ?Shhh you don?t need to apologize?. Delliah whimpered once again ?I was so worried, what happened, why??. Rewa cut her off as well.

?Please Delliah, it would be best for your father to find some rest; I am sure he will feel much better later. As for you Cinder you will have much explaining to do, until then you will remain in this tub and get yourself better and clean?. Jennifer chuckled and Delliah nodded with embarrassment, both would wonder of Rewa, nobody told them what to do.
They both agreed none the less and Delliah left the bathroom not before getting a fond pet from Cinder. ?Happy Birthday?. She left hoping that the children had not gotten into much trouble. Jennifer stood closing the door after Delliah left and took her seat on the stool once again applying some more coral paste.

?My ointment, you know how hard it is to produce that stuff? It shouldn?t be wasted on me Red.? She kissed Jennifer on the head and winked.

?You missed a lot in almost five months, you worried us deeply. Delliah is worried and I am too, there is something different about you, I want to see your real form?.

Jennifer drew away her hands and looked at them both then stared at Red. ?No, I won?t let you, I don't feel right?.
?What, why not??

?I have my reasons, besides you should be happy to see me in this form, don?t you love it? This is what you want."
Jennifer slipped her hands back under the water folding them across her lap, she gazed up at the ceiling.

?I have had a journey through light, despair, death, coldness, I felt coldness. I almost found Lemuria this time. I met a Lemurian in my dreams! I was at the edge of my quest; I gave it up for love?. Jennifer closed her eyes on tears that wanted to fall.

Rewa frowned, she understood what she meant but didn?t want Cinder or Jennifer to feel as if the pain had to be dealt with alone. She nodded kissing her softly and stood.

?Goodnight?. And with that, she left the bathroom heading into the guest bedroom curling up beside Delliah and her children. Delliah felt her pull of the covers, opened one eye looking at her back as she sobbed softly. She sighed gently wondering what happened, she slinked off the bed not disturbing her and fled into the bathroom to find her father resting in the tub under that form. The candles were light, she wondered if Red had lit them before she left.
?Delliah, I?ve missed you so much?.
?Father, what is wrong??

?Nothing is wrong; I am tired and am in pain from so much traveling. I had it bad my dear child, sweet Delliah?. She stood in the tub pulling off a towel from the curtain. Wrapping the towel around her, she bent down kissing her on the head and looked into the mirror; she traced the figure in the fogged glass so she was more visible.

?How come you are not acting yourself and you usually are in your true form, I know something is wrong?.

Jennifer turned around and appeared as Cinder, Delliah gasped seeing her father, a new brand of scars ran across his chest but the worst of all was his severed left arm. She whined running to him nearly knocking him into the wall. He knelt down wrapping his arm around her and kissed her cheeks. He held her and she licked him in return. ?Father, what happened??

Cinder frowned rubbing that empty limb that mound of flesh and returned to the form of Jennifer. ?It hurts less when I am she, the pain hurts, not the loss of my arm something else.. I will tell you and Red tomorrow, I am sorry you had to see me in such a way. I love you and Red, but i don't want to frighten you?. She motioned Delliah to follow and they both retreated to the living room, Jennifer picked up the unfinished glass of wine Red was working on, smiling at the book she was reading. They sat on the couch and Delliah rested on her. Jennifer scratched behind her ears and hummed a lullaby.

?You were much smaller when Kristae and I used to do this?. She grinned.
?Well, mom never allowed you to be Jennifer in the house, and you werent so secretive before. You hadn?t written that book yet either. Actually you wrote a lot since Kristae died, you painted much more too?you know, we waited here for your birthday to come, we had two pies and a cake for us...I am just glad you are finally back with us?. She yawned.

?Me too Delliah, It?s good to be where I belong. I had such a hard time being away. I dealt with a lot of painful realizations and came to an end with a lot of things. I am truly sorry I let you down my Delliah?. She gently nudged the large white cat which kept her trapped within the confines of the couch but she purred softly against her asleep. Cinder sighed and continued to hum for a while.

?There is always pumpkin pie tomorrow?.