Akari waited until Kry seemed to be finished with his conversation with the other young lady before responding to his statement. She took the time to collect her thoughts. A servant of the Phoenix of the South! In all her wanderings, she had not anticipated meeting another. The elders of her village had told her that she may stumble upon others like herself, but Akari and her family were a rarity among their mountain tribe. "I am also a servant of Suzaku. Rei here is my clan's ancestral guardian. She connects us back to our Great Spirit even though my family was forced to leave our home many generations ago. Ever since my grandfather died when I was a child, I have been her Chosen, the child of our clan who acts as Priestess to the Phoenix of the South."

Rei trilled and gently stretched her wings.