LaRae didn't say anything at first. She wasn't exactly sure why she'd decided to keep the letter, she was finished with it after all. At the same time though a part of her knew better then to go tossing it out; It could end up haunting her at a later date. She sighed softly and shut her eyes gently. "...Because I have a feeling that it will be held against me if I threw it out... I'm sure Renzo will want to see the broken seal on the letter as proof that I read it..." She muttered quietly. She wasn't a hundred percent sure that Renzo would actually want proof that she'd read the letter but she wouldn't hold it past him. At this point she had to be careful of how she acted, and the the things she said. If Renzo was really keeping an eye on her like the letter said then if she did something he disapproved of it could mean bad news for her; For a lack of better words she'd be walking on eggshells for the remainder of this trip. "...We should go to sleep..." She said quietly before stifling a small yawn and curling up a little.

Nanashi nodded slightly and nuzzled her again. "Alright..." he said softly. He pulled her closer to him and closed his eyes as he rested against her head. He knew there was really nothing he could do to make her feel any better, at least not now. He sat there for a few moments and then nuzzled her again before pulling the cloak up a little over the both of them. He sighed softly and tried to relax and get to sleep. "...Sweet dreams, LaRae..." he said softly. It took him a little bit but he finally dozed off after a while. The thunder was finally starting to die down, but the occasional rumble still caused him to open his eyes occasionally and curl against LaRae.

LaRae had already fallen asleep by the time he said sweet dreams. She'd been fighting herself to stay awake as long as she had and given the chance to actually fall asleep, it was well taken. She'd really worn herself out during the day with all the flying and through the bad weather no less. Through the course of the night she'd managed to get into a rather deep sleep; Which lead to her talking in her sleep again. For the most part she'd spoken incoherent gibberish. She curled slightly tighter next to Nanashi and groaned lightly in her sleep. "...I hate you... Renzo..." She mumbled quietly while still asleep. Unfortunately the topic that they'd been taking about that filtered into her dreams leaving her with no escape from it.

Nanashi slept fairly well, considering. The storm had ended by midnight, so Nanashi was sleeping a bit better. Whenever LaRae started muttering though he would still open his eyes a little, though since he couldn't understand most of it he went back to sleep. When she muttered something about hating Renzo he sighed softly and nuzzled her again. "...I love you, LaRae..." he whispered softly, hoping that would register to her while she slept, though he doubted that it would. He wasn't too sure he could define love, but he did really like LaRae, a lot better than most, and he'd gotten pretty attached to her. He snuggled against her again and closed his eyes again, trying to get back to sleep.


Hikari slept soundly through the night and well into the next morning. The fire had died down over the course of the night and the light did not reach that far into the back of the cave, so it was hard to tell when morning had actually arrived. After a while she got up, though she was only half awake. She moved over to where Kyran was sitting and laid back down beside him again, curling up beside him.

Celestine seemed much more relaxed now that he was back in familiar territory. He was still very tired as well, so he was no were near waking again, though he was usually one of the very first ones awake. He'd worn himself out yesterday flying so much and trying to stay up once his wings got wet. Really he'd woke up one already, but didn't feel like being awake so he just went right back to sleep.

LaRae had just barely registered what Nanashi said, though while in her deep sleep she half thought she was dreaming he'd said that. After a few moments had passed she'd managed to mumble one last thing. "...I love you too." Afterwards she'd shifted slightly and was asleep without another word for the rest of the night. When morning finally rolled around she didn't budge at all and continued to sleep.

Aamori slept as well as she could through the night on the cave floor. When morning came she barely moved; Her eyes had opened slightly. She couldn't really see much of any light where she was but internally she knew it was morning. She gave a soft sigh and started to sit up just about the time that Hikari had gotten up and moved over to Kyran. She rubbed her eyes gently with the back of her hand and pressed her back against the wall. She sat there quietly waiting for the others to get up and start moving. Ordinarily she might have gotten up and walked around a bit, but given that she was practically confined to this cave she didn't want to take the chance of bothering anyone.

Kyran had passed out the night before sometime shortly after Celestine had started the fire. He was incredibly worn out and had been having trouble keeping himself awake. The entire night he slept well, considering he'd fallen asleep sitting up with his back pressed firmly to the wall. Surprisingly he managed to stay sitting up the whole night. He stirred slightly when Hikari came over and laid down next to him. After a few minutes of trying to wake himself up he finally cracked an eye open and glanced down at her after lifting his hand to rub the sleep from his eyes.

Nanashi was awake early the next morning since they were so close to the entrance. The light filtered into the cave and right in his eyes, so it made it a little hard to sleep. He raised his head and looked over to LaRae again once he was awake before yawning and raising one hand to his eyes to rub them out. He hoped that she was feeling a little better today.

Hikari yawned again and looked up to Kyran when she heard him shifting around. "Mmm..." she muttered as she nuzzled against his leg with the top of her head. After a moment she finally sighed and say up since apparently she wasn't the only one up anymore. She looked at Kyran and covered her mouth as she yawned. "...Good morning..." She said softly, "...You look like you slept well." She commented.

Celestine shifted positions again when he heard people starting to talk. It never took too much to wake him and he was already half awake anyway, so he finally opened his eyes again and rolled over to look back toward the entrance of the cave with a quiet yawn.

Kyran smiled faintly at Hikari. "I've always slept better when there's a storm like that..." He said quietly. "...It's comforting, regardless of how I happen to be sleeping." He said with a very soft laugh poking fun at the fact he'd slept sitting upright the whole night. "So how did you sleep without clinging to me?" He asked quietly with a faint smirk.

Nero had a rough time sleeping in the cave on the ground. Of all the places he'd slept, by far this was one of the most difficult places for him to get comfortable in. Through out the night he'd actually tossed and turned rather then lay on his side the whole night. When some of them started talking he couldn't help but wake up, he'd been in such a light sleep anyway. He rolled onto his back and gave a heavy sigh before sitting up and glancing around at the others who were awake and that he could see clearly. He shook his head lightly and hoped that the next place they ended up sleeping for the night wasn't a cave.

LaRae continued to sleep even though the sun light flooding into the cave. She'd turned closer into Nanashi to hide her eyes when the sun started to bother her and easily stayed asleep.

Aamori started to glance around a little once she heard that Kyran was up. She'd then noticed that Nero was up too, and maybe even Celestine. Since he was still laying down she couldn't tell from where she was if his eyes were open or not. She sighed softly and lifted her hands to take her hair and pull it in front of her where she started to run her hands through it trying to straighten it out.

Hikari looked up to Kyran and laughed softly when he asked how she slept without clinging to him. "Waaay over there." She said playfully. "I slept decently...Not the most comfortable place that I've been, but it was alright."

Celestine sighed and finally pushed himself up to a sitting position, brushing a hand through his hair a few times to straighten it out. Finally he stood up and started to move silently toward the entrance of the cave, not saying a word to anyone. He left he swallow leaned against the wall only realizing that it wasn't on him when he got to the cave entrance an went to adjust the strap. He sighed and stepped out onto the ledge and stretched a little, looking out over the forest below them again. Then then turned his head, staring off to the east, which was apparently where they were going to be heading next. All at once his ears twitched ad if he heard something and he started to turn around, but before he got turned all the way a pink and yellow blur smacked into him from above, the cave, colliding into his back. "Ahh!!" he yelped as he stumbled over the edge of the cliff and started falling. At least the ledge was far enough out that there wasn't anything for him to smack off of. About halfway down he managed to get his wings open, though he still had the thing that had tackled him clinging to his back.

Nanashi looked over to the others and then glanced back to Celestine when he started out of the cave. He looked at him silently, wondering if he was planning to go in the direction that he was looking now. He sighed and started to look away, though before he did he just barely say something collide into Celestine and knock him over the edge. "Celestine!!" He gasped as he stood up quickly, forgetting LaRae was leaning on him.

Aamori shifted her eyes for a moment when she noticed that Celestine was up and moving. She'd stopped running her hands through her hair and was about to open her mouth to say something but stopped since he just continued to walk past her. She gave a soft sigh and went back to combing through her hair making sure to get out all of the tangles from the day before.

Kyran lifted his eyes from Hikari briefly when he saw Celestine pass by headed for the entrance to the cave. He then turned his attention back down to Hikari. "This cave isn't all that different from when we had to sleep on the rocks of Radha." He commented. "It would be nice to sleep on something a little softer next time though." He added with a soft nod.

LaRae fell to ground as soon as Nanashi stood up; Of course waking up as soon as she smacked into the ground. She groaned lightly once she started to open her eyes and push herself up. She sat up and rubbed the side of her head lightly and looked at Nanashi. "...If you wanted me up you didn't have to wake me like that..." She mumbled. Clearly she hadn't caught onto why he'd gotten up so quickly in the first place.

Aamori had just finished combing through her hair about the time she heard someone yelp; At first she wasn't sure where it came from but hearing that followed by Celestine's name worried her. She wasted very little time getting to her feet and hurrying over to where Nanashi was; Completely ignoring everyone else including LaRae. She had a worried look on her face as she looked at Nanashi. "...Where's ...Celestine?"

Hikari nodded slightly. "Well...a bit smoother." she said with a half smile. "I can't believe he lives in a place like--what was that?" she cut herself off ad she looked toward the entrance after hearing a yelp. She got to her feet quickly when she heard Celestine's name called and saw Aamori rushing to the entrance.

Nanashi was starting at the edge of the cliff with wide eyes for a moment before looking back over to Aamori. "I...I don't...some thing just tackled him off the edge!" he blurted. He barely heard LaRae when she grumbled at him, he was a tiny bit preoccupied at the moment.

Celestine huffed as he swooped over the rocks at the base of the cliff, turning himself back upright and flapping his wings hard to regain his height. All the while the thing that had tackled him was still attached to his back, but he didn't seem fazed by it. It wasn't long before he soared over the ledge and then lowered himself back down slowly, landing in a crouch when his feet touched down on the rock. He looked a little irritated as he looked behind him. "Get...off..." he said in a low growl.

A soft giggle could be heard as the creature that had pounced him hopped off of his back and bounded around him. It was a girl, though she appeared to be no more than six or seven at best. She had thick blond hair that fell to her mid back and bright blue eyes. Her arms were covered in light pink feathers and her hands ended in slender fingers tipped with sharp talon-like nails. One pointed ear poked out of her hair on the left and a turf of pink feathers protruded from the other side in place of another ear. She wore a simple blue-tinted dress with only one strap as a sleeve. Halfway down her skinny-bird-like legs, the texture of her skin actually changed and turned yellow-ish, and her feet looked more like those of a bird with three toes in the front and one at the heel that could curl under so that it appeared she would have no trouble clinging to something in flight. She was quite obviously a harpy, or at least obviously to anyone who had ever seen one before, though she was only a chick. She smiled brightly at Celestine as she looked up and him and threw her feathery arms around his waist tightly. "Hi, Celly!!"

Celestine groaned. "Don't start that... get off!" he said as he put his hands on top of her head and tried to push her back away from him. "Go home!"

Aamori's eyes immediately went wide when she heard what Nanashi said. She looked over to the edge quickly and then back at Nanashi. "And you just stood there?!" She said bitterly as she started to move towards the edge to see if Celestine was alright. She would've gone off over the ledge herself after him but she didn't because she knew her wings weren't strong enough for that. Which is probably why she was so upset that Nanashi just stood there. However she was relieved a little to see that Celestine had already touched down before she even made it to the edge. She stood there for a moment slightly dumbfounded by the thing that hopped off his back. She'd never seen one of those before. She was a little surprised at how the creature addressed Celestine; It was obvious at this point that they'd known each other. She merely stared in awe for a few moments before stepping closer to Celestine and that, thing. She stood on the right side of the girl and stuck her hand out tugging lightly on the tips of the tuft of feathers protruding from the girls head. While doing so she looked over at Celestine. "...What in Arienh is this thing?"

Kyran got to his feet nearly as fast Hikari had. Though as soon as he took his first step to follow her he had to stop and press against his leg where the blade had sliced him. That spot was awfully sore and he'd forgotten about it, at least until he stepped down. It took him a moment but he continued to follow after Hikari with a slight limp.

LaRae was still rather tired so it took her a few minutes after she'd finished rubbing her head to realize something was going on. She focused a little more when she heard what Aamori said to Nanashi. She sighed softly and started getting to her feet. When Celestine finally made it back onto the ledge and the girl hopped off his back she merely looked at the girl with a quirked brow. Those were definitely some strange colored feathers, at least that was what she thought.

Nero continued to just sit on the ground inside the cave. He hadn't moved from where he was sitting and considering the commotion towards the entrance he really didn't think he was going to get up.

Nanashi's ears fell back when Aamori snapped at him. His eyes watered a little and then turned to the ground. He was worried for Celestine, that was obvious enough or he wouldn't have jumped up and screamed like that, but he was too far from the edge to have done anything, by the time he could have gotten over the edge of the cliff, Celestine would have already hit the ground if he hadn't caught himself and honestly, he was half afraid to look to see. He glanced up when he heard Celestine's voice again and then tilted his head slightly when he saw the harpy chick. After a moment he shook his head and sank back down to the ground again, leaning back against the cave wall. He was relieved that Celestine was alright, but after Aamori snapped at him, he felt rather useless again as if he should have done something even if in the long run thee was nothing he could do.

The young girl jumped when Aamori touched her feathers and her eyes widened considerably as she stared at her. All at once she let out a shrill screech and let go of Celestine, running around behind him as if he was going to save her. "Celly!!" she cried, clinging to the back of this shirt tail.

Celestine cringed when the girl screeched and covered his ears. "Sheena!!" He snapped, stepping away from her as he jerked his shirt out of her grasp. He looked back to Aamori again and sighed. "...It's a baby harpy..." He said simply as he grabbed his tail and pulled it away from her. "Stop that!" he said irritably. It seemed like she was always trying to cling to something.

Hikari smiled slightly when she got close enough to the cave entrance to see what was causing all of the commotion. She laughed softly whens he say the little girl who was apparently named 'Sheena.' "Oh!! She's so cute!!" she gushed as she watched her hide behind Celestine. "Celestine, why didn't you say you have a friend up here?"

"Because we're no--" he started, but he was quickly cut off.

Sheena peeked around Celestine when Hikari spoke and smiled slightly, hopping out from behind him. "You're pretty lady!" she then looked at Aamori again and shied away from her, "And you're weird lady." Her eyes then went the Kyran and she gulped as she backed away, "And you're really really tall.' She said just before her foot slipped off the edge of the rock and she started to fall. "YEEK!"

Celestine spun around quickly and grabbed her arm, pulling her back up onto level ground again. "Watch what you're doing, you loon!!"

Aamori clenched her teeth and turned her head slightly to the side when the girl screeched; Of course letting go of the girls ear in the process. She then watched as the girl hid behind Celestine and shook her head lightly. She glanced at Celestine after he pulled his tail away from Sheena and smirked lightly. "Since she's a child, let me guess... She thinks your a parent?" Of course she was only joking, poking fun at a previous conversation that they'd had about him and Lani. Her turned slightly when she heard Hikari say that the little girl was cute; She rolled her eyes lightly. Though she suddenly glared at the girl when she said that she was weird. She scoffed and crossed her arms over her chest while muttering under her breath. "...I'm not weird..."

Kyran finally came to a stop not too far behind Hikari and quirked his brow at the little girls comment about his height. He wasn't exactly sure what to say. He just smiled softly and looked the girl over again. He'd never seen a harpy child before, though in his travels he'd caught glimpses of grown harpies. He was at a loss for words and could do no more then offer a smile to the child. Though he was kind of curious how she was connected to Celestine.

LaRae watched as Nanashi sat back down on the ground and sighed softly. "...It's alright Nanashi. He's okay." She said softly before glancing back to look at that harpy child again, briefly. "Nanashi..." She paused. "...Don't let what Aamori said get to you. She was just really worried about him... I mean, imagine how you'd have felt if... I don't know... I, was tackled off the ledge and she saw it happen and did nothing... How would you feel?" She said quietly while looking back at him for a moment. She smiled faintly and then headed a little closer to everyone else. She was still participially in awe at the color of those feathers. She was so used to subtle earthy tones, these were definitely something new.

Celestine gave Aamori a slightly annoyed look and rolled his eyes slightly. "Aamori...shut up." He muttered as he tried to scoot away from the girl. He sighed and looked off toward the trees in the distance. He really seemed agitated by this kid, but clearly, he didn't want anything to happen to her either judging by the way he rushed to grab her.

Hikari smiled at Sheena and laughed softly. "Aww, thank you, dear." she said softly and then held out her hand to stroke her feathery ear once. "You're so cute. How dis you come to be friends with Celestine?" Honestly, Celestine seemed to have issues with just racial differences, let alone another species all together.

Sheena beamed at Hikari and started gibbering quickly. "Celly saved me!" she said as she hugged him around the waist again. "I fell out of my nest and there were these big ugly griffins trying to eat me! There was two of them and they wouldn't go away until Celly came and rescued me!" she said as she nuzzled against his side.

Celestine gave Hikari a death glare for even asking and then sighed heavily, "I'm stating to wish I hadn't..." he muttered as he tried to pry Sheena off of him again. "Let go of me already! I told you, I hate being clung to! Your talons hurt! Vengeful gods next time I'm going to just throw you to them and let them fight over you!"

Nanashi looked at LaRae for a moment and then sighed quietly and looked over to LaRae when she asked how he would feel. Honestly, he didn't know how he would feel. That would really have to just depend. It wasn't like he just just standing there watching, he just didn't know what she expected him to do. He sighed again and finally just closed his eyes again. He heard the commotion outside and really didn't feel like sticking his nose into it. He thought Nero had the right idea for once...just stay out of it.

Aamori couldn't help but chuckle softly when Celestine told her to shut up. She watched how the little girl really seemed to attach herself to Celestine every little chance she got. It was rather amusing actually, because for once someone was annoying him more then herself. She listened to what Sheena said, about Celestine saving her and shook her head lightly. "Honestly 'Celly'..." She paused trying to keep herself from laughing too hard. "You should stop saving these creatures if you don't want them around you all the time." She then smirked lightly. "You know.. I could just shove her off the ledge while you're not looking if she's bothering you that much." She said half joking. Part of her was seriously contemplating just flooding the harpy child right off the cliff.

Kyran's question had been answered easily enough and without him even having to say a word. He just nodded his head slightly and watched as the girl clung herself to Celestine yet again. He then glanced down at Hikari and laughed lightly. "While that girl's awake she kind of reminds me of someone I know when they're asleep..."

LaRae stopped and stood next to Aamori and tilted her head to the side watching this little girl. She'd gotten to Aamori's side just about the time she mentioned shoving the harpy girl off the ledge. She shook her head lightly and nudged her elbow into Aamori's side catching the hint of seriousness in her tone. "...That's no way to treat a little kid." She commented quietly. She was a little surprised at the comment that Aamori had made though; She'd never heard anything like that come out of her mouth before. At least never ever directed at a child.

Nero finally got fed up with listening to everything that was going on outside and knowing nothing. He could only take so much and considering that none of them had come back inside yet he was slightly curious. He'd also started to pick up on that presence yet again and wanted to see if he could figure out where it was coming from. He stood up and dusted himself off slightly before walking towards the cave entrance, passing by Nanashi without a single word. He finally came to a stop a little behind Kyran and lifted his hand to block the sun from his eyes while he glanced around to see what the commotion was. When his eyes rested on the small child attached to Celestine he just stared for a moment before lowering his hand. He shook his head lightly. He'd come out here to see this child? Wonderful. That certainly wasn't who he had been feeling following them since Kyran's house. He briefly glanced around at the others, half curious to know if he was the only one who was picking up on it. He wouldn't be surprised; After all it took him quite a few years to be able to hone the skill.

Celestine sighed heavily when Aamori said that he should stop saying things, though he did give her a nice death glare when she called him Celly. "Call me that again and it's you who will get thrown." "And you wonder why I want nothing to do with anyone..." he muttered under hid breath. He just shook his head when she offered to throw the girl off the ledge. "No. First of all, she has wings, it wouldn't do any good. Secondly, if something happens to her, her mother is going to kill me...and I'm not sure that I am exaggerating too much on that." He sighed and put his hand on top of Sheena's head when he felt her clinging more tightly. "...She was joking, Sheena..."

Sheena looked at Aamori with wide eyes for a moment when she threatened her and then clung to Celestine's side a little more tightly, burrowing her face into his shirt. she stayed that way until he put his hand on her head, then she relaxed a little, but she still didn't let go. Obviously, she really liked Celestine.

Hikari glanced back to Kyran and laughed softly at his comment before jabbing her elbow lightly into his ribs. "Oh...shush, you." she said with a soft laugh, knowing exactly what he meant. She looked over to Aamori, a little surprised at first. That really wasn't something she expected to hear from her. "Aamori...she's just a little girl..." She didn't bother to say anything to Celestine...he was always like that.

((Bleh got cut off, but good enough. ^^; ))

Aamori scoffed when she heard Celestine's reasons for why she couldn't just shove the little harpy off the ledge. Of course thinking 'She may have wings... but they're feathers and if wet... she can't fly...' She sighed lightly hearing both LaRae and Hikari's reaction to what she'd said then merely nodded slightly when Celestine said she was only joking. " 'Celly'... " She paused. "Oh, I mean... Celestine." She chuckled. "Of course I was only joking. I wouldn't actually toss the poor thing over..." Though she was pretty much joking about joking. She seriously now wouldn't mind soaking the child and tossing her over the ledge. She also couldn't resist calling him 'Celly' again, at least that last time. She'd heard his threat and didn't believe he'd do it; Especially because she was pretty sure that he knew she wouldn't just sit idly by while he tried to throw her. She smirked slightly, now having an annoying name to call him at any point in time.

Kyran smiled lightly and brought his hand up to rub his rib gently where she'd jabbed him while playfully saying "Ow... that hurt." It didn't really hurt of course. His eyes had shifted slightly to look over at Aamori. He too had heard what she had said before and was taken by surprise. He shook his head lightly and then his eyes trailed over to Celestine for a moment. "...So if something happens to that little girl and you're no where near her when it happens; The mother is still going to kill you?" He paused to say something more but was interrupted rather quickly.

Nero smirked lightly hearing what Celestine and wasted no time interrupting what Kyran was saying. "I think I'd pay to see a single harpy try and kill a dragon." He then stepped off to the side of Kyran so that he could see a little better and crossed his arms over his chest like he usually did.

LaRae nudged her elbow into Aamori's side again after hearing what she said. Yet again catching the same hint of seriousness. She gave a heavy sigh and shook her head lightly. She glanced over to Nero when she heard him speak up over Kyran and averted her eyes. She still felt uncomfortable around him for the most part, she couldn't help feeling like he wanted to hurt her still for what she did to his friend. She only stood there for a few moments longer before turning and slipping past Nero and heading back inside. Once she was inside again she walked over to sit near Nanashi.

Celestine glared daggers at Aamori when she called him Celly and then growled because he couldn't move for Sheena hanging off him. He then glanced over to Kyran when he asked if that meant that she'd kill him no matter what. He was getting ready to give him a smart comment when Nero spoke. He sighed and shook his head. "I didn't mean literally, Kyran..." he said dully and then glanced to Nero. He raised an eyebrow and then shook his head. "Hmm... That depends I guess..." he said simply. Honestly he thought it depended a lot on how pissed off the harpy was and how well the dragon could defend itself.

Sheena blinked and looked around at Kyran and Nero. "...Mommy can get pretty angry... And so do her friends." She snuggled against Celestine again, "But they wouldn't hurt Celly. She said as long as...as long as..."

"As long as I don't bother them they won't bother me." He said simply. "...Or at least most of them wont..." he muttered, obviously referring to the one that wouldn't leave him alone.

Hikari smiled slightly at Kyran and then glanced over to Nero. "...Well it is possible..." she said simply before looking back to Celestine. She smiled slightly at Sheena when she saw her cuddling all over him. She thought it was so adorable. "Well...that's good then." she said softly.

Nanashi looked up again when LaRae came back in to sit near him and sighed softly. He still looked a little depressed but he manged to give her a half smile. He wasn't too interested in looking at the harpy girl. He'd seen enough of the grown ones before to last him.

Aamori chuckled softly seeing the way Celestine glared at her and yet couldn't move. It humored her that he could do nothing more then glare at her; Well and threaten her. And all because she continually called him 'Celly' on purpose. She continued to stand there for a few more moments, glancing down at Sheena and then to Celestine every so often. That little girl really did annoy her. She shook her head lightly and focused on Celestine. "Well... Celly..." She chuckled. "I'm going back inside until you're done playing games with Sheena." She said with a slightly sarcastic tone. "...We do have something we're supposed to be doing after all..." She commented lastly before turning and heading back into the cave without another word. She headed past LaRae and Nanashi and went back to where she'd been sitting previously. She hoped that maybe bringing up the fact they all had something a little more important to be doing might get Sheena to leave.

Kyran nodded softly hearing Celestine. "I'm aware of that." He said lightly. His eyes shifted and followed Aamori when she said she was going back inside. He had to agree slightly, they did have something else that they needed to be doing but he was pretty sure Aamori was only bringing that up because of the girl glued to Celestine. He sighed softly. "Well, I'm going to go in see if my shirt and vest are dry..." He said quietly before turning and heading back inside himself. He glanced at Nanashi and LaRae when he walked past them but continued back to his stuff to check. He knelt down and picked up his shirt, thankfully it was dry. He smiled faintly and proceeded to fight getting his wings through the slits in the back.

Nero continued to stand there with his arms crossed at his bare chest. He shook his head lightly when he heard Hikari say that it was possible. "If a lone harpy kills a dragon, that is a sad day in Arienh..." He muttered before turning around to follow after Kyran. He too hadn't put his shirt back on and needed to check on it. He didn't bother looking at anyone before he reached his shirt. He wasted very little time putting it back on and having next to no trouble at all getting his wings through his shirt.

LaRae glanced over at Nanashi once she was on the floor near him and sighed softly. Of course she'd noticed that he still looked a little depressed, which bothered her a little. "...If you don't adjust your mood, I'm tempted to bury my head in that letter again so my mood can match yours..." She said quietly as she looked away from him and started to reach into her pocket to get the letter.

Celestine huffed when Aamori called him Celly again and shook his head. Why did she insist on being a pain. He sighed when she said that they had something more important to be doing and then looked down to Sheena again. "...Go home. I need to leave." he said simply as everyone started to walk away.
Sheena looked up at Celestine and whined. "Aww whyyy? You just got back here..." She nuzzled against him. "Where are you going?"
"...Somewhere."
"Can I come?"
"No. Go home." he told her again, "It's too dangerous and I'm not babysitting." He finally grabbed her hands and pried her off of him and then grabbed her wrists and swung her around, tossing her over the edge of the cliff, though he threw her where she would have plenty of air.
Sheena screeched when Celestine threw her and then spread out her arms, flapping then a few times to stay up. She sighed and gave Celestine a pitiful look. "Are you going to be back soon?"
"...No. I'm not going to be back for a long time." He said simply.
Sheena sighed and lowered her eyes. "...Okay..." she muttered before starting to fly higher and back around the mountain. Mostly Harpies lived pretty far up in these mountains, so she had a bit of a flight ahead of her.

Hikari looked at Celestine and smiled slightly watching him with the girl. He was so harsh yet so gentle at the same time, it was hard to tell what he was thinking. She looked over to Nero and sighed, shaking her head. "Dragons are no more invincible than anything else." he said simply as she looked back to Celestine. She gasped quietly when he threw Sheena over the edge but she'd started flying before she could say anything. Finally she shook her head and started back into the cave after Kyran, walking up to him. "Well...she's gone."

Nanashi looked at LaRae as she started to doing into her pocket and sighed. "...What do you want me to do?" he asked, "I can't change my mood on command..." he looked away again and shook his head. "...Why would you want to match my mood? That isn't going to help anything..." All that would accomplish would be making him feel even worse.

Aamori was standing with her back pressed against the wall where she'd spent the night and waited. She lifted her head momentairly when she heard others nearing her. She glanced at Kyran and then Nero and looked away when they started to put their shirts back on. She gave a heavy sigh of relief when she heard Hikari come back inside and say that she was gone. At least what she'd said had managed to get the little girl out of the picture. She gently placed her arms behind her and continued to stand there waiting for Celestine to come back inside. She knew he would have to, he'd left his swallow leaned against the wall.

Kyran had just finished getting his wings through the slits in his vest and had started to button it up when Hikari came back inside. He turned to look at her and smiled softly. "...That was fast." He said quietly. "I half expected it to take longer to get the little girl to leave him alone." He laughed softly. "The way she clings to him kind of reminds me of how Minako was when she was younger..." He added lastly before kneeling down to retrieve his blades. Once he stood again he slid them into his holster.

Nero was just finishing tucking his shirt back in about the time Hikari headed inside. He glanced up for a moment when he heard her say the girl was gone. He just shrugged lightly. Either way they did have a job to do and it didn't matter to him what happened to that girl. Though obviously it was better that she wasn't tagging along.

LaRae's hand stopped and rested on her leg right before her pocket. She sighed heavily. She wasn't really going to bother getting upset again at that letter; At least not so soon. "I want you to try and lighten up." She paused. "You sure as hell got depressed fast, so you should be able to change that..." She said quietly. "And I half thought that if I was depressed it would take your mind off you being depressed... Because you'd be trying to make me feel better..." She heaved a heavy sigh and pushed herself up from the ground. "You know Nanashi... You're kind of overreacting about what Aamori said." She paused and glanced down at him. "She clearly was upset because of what happened with Celestine. If I had been the one awake and in your place, regardless I probably would've dove off that cliff to help him... Even if I thought I wouldn't reach him in time." She gave a sigh. "Trying is better then not... When it comes to stuff like that... Maybe you couldn't have done anything but if you tired..." She paused again and shook her head lightly. "Putting that aside, Celestine is fine and so is Aamori. So why are you letting it get you down?"

Hikari smiled slightly at Kyran and nodded. "...Yes well...he kind of threw her off the ledge and told her to go home." she shook her head, "But she seems used to that. ...I think he just makes her feel safe. He's so gentle with her even when he's trying to act mean."

Nanashi looked at LaRae again, his ears falling back even more when she told him what she would have done. He knew that already, he knew that was what any of them would have done... any of them but him. He looked away from her again and closed his eyes. "...And what if he wasn't?" He asked quietly. "...I can't help it...I always do that... I freeze when I panic..." he said quietly. It always took him forever to force himself to move, an usually by then it was too late. The only time that he seemed to be able to move when he was scared was when something was flying at his face, then he just scrambled out of instinct. He sighed again and finally pushed himself up. "Guess it doesn't matter." he said simply as he opened his eyes. He probably wasn't going to last too far on this trip anyway at the rate he was going. He really would have felt terrible if Celestine had been hurt in that little fall, and not only because he knew the others would think he was horrible for just watching.

Celestine watched Sheena fly off and then shook his head with a slight sigh before starting back into the cave. He walked back to the back and blinked when he noticed the silver sheen of his swallow leaning again the back wall. He tilted his head slightly, half wondering how it got there. he didn't remember removing it, but then again...he did a lot of small things that he didn't remember doing...like apparently taking off his bag and laying it by his bed. He walked back to the bed and grabbed the bag, throwing it over his shoulder, before taking the swallow and strapping it on in the opposite direction. He then glanced around to the others. "...Ready when you are."

Aamori lifted her head again when she noticed Celestine had finally come back inside. She watched quietly as he started to gather his things. She couldn't help but hold back a small laugh when she heard him say he was ready when they were. She wasn't so sure he'd noticed but everyone else was ready to go already. She gently pushed herself off the wall a little bit and looked over at him with a smirk. "Haven't you noticed... We've been waiting on you... Celly." She couldn't resist; She even managed to say it in the most girlish tone she could muster.

Kyran tilted his head to the side slightly when he heard that Celestine had thrown the girl off the ledge. That was a little surprising, though he was more surprised to hear that he was 'gentle' with her. He shook his head lightly. "I'm not sure how one gets used to being thrown off a cliff... but if you say so.." He said quietly before noticing that Celestine had come back inside to get his things. He turned to look at Celestine when he said he was ready and nodded slightly. Though hearing Aamori's following comment only made him smack his palm into his forehead. It was obvious that Celestine didn't care much for the nickname from the little harpy girl and Aamori insisted on using it, yet again. He looked at Hikari for a moment. "I'm going outside..." He said lightly as he started to scoot off towards the entrance rather quickly.

Nero listened to everything and sighed about the same time Kyran smacked his palm into his head. He actually thought Kyran was making a good move and rather quietly he followed after him.

LaRae glanced at Nanashi and shook her head lightly. "If he wasn't... Then at least you'd have tried to help him." She paused with a sigh. "You need to work on that freezing when panicked thing... It'll wind up the death of you." She said quietly while averting her eyes. "And you're right at this point it doesn't matter... Everyone is alright." She lifted her eyes and noticed both Kyran and Nero walking past towards the entrance. She quirked a brow slightly, she'd never really seen them together before. She brushed the thought aside for now and glanced back over at Nanashi. "You can get over the panic though... One step at a time..." She said quietly. "If you don't..." Her voice trailed off and she got quiet trying not to think about it.

Hikari sighed when she heard Aamori's comment. Honestly, this time if Celestine did something to upset her she couldn't feel the least bit sorry for her; she was asking for it now. She nodded slightly when Kyran said that he was going outside and turned to follow after him, though she was a few paces behind him.

Celestine's ears laid back when he heard Aamori's comment and he growled lowly, turning to face her. He was already thoroughly irritated and she definitely wasn't helping. Her sarcasm was not well accepted, nor was her tone or mockery. Before he even thought about what he was doing he was standing in front of her and his hand had already struck hard across her face. "When are you going to learn when to keep your mouth shut!?" He snapped at her before turning on his heel to follow the others out. He could stand Aamori most of the time, but when she started that, well...he just wanted to do what he'd just done every time.

Nanashi sighed quietly. "...I know... I'm going to cause someone to get killed...whether it be me or someone else..." he muttered quietly, "...That's why I didn't argue with him yesterday about what he'd said... He was right..." He glanced up slowly when he saw everyone else heading for the entrance. His ears twitched when he heard a snapping sound and then Celestine yelling at someone, he guessed it had to be Aamori. He blinked and then shook his head and started out as well. Those two were so strange...

Kyran sighed softly when he stepped outside onto the ledge. His eyes scanned across the area briefly; Just as something to keep his mind off of what ever was going to be said inside. Though his ears laid back when he heard the loud popping sound that echoed out of the cave. Obviously someone got hit. He gave a heavy sigh. He wasn't so sure he saw that coming and if anything was hoping that Celestine hadn't been the one to hit Aamori. Sure she said something she probably shouldn't have but that by means gave any man any right to hit a woman. At least in his eyes anyway. He looked over his shoulder for a moment to see who'd come out of the cave first. He was pretty sure the first of the two out of the cave would be the one who hit the other.

Nero stepped off to the side once he exited onto the ledge and shut his eyes gently waiting on the others. His ears twitched when he caught the echo of that slap. He shook his head slightly and just continued to stand there waiting.

LaRae looked at Nanashi and was about to say something to him but her ears laid back when she heard the slapping sound following by Celestine yelling. She glanced back towards where Celestine and Aamori were half tempted to go back there, though she sighed and turned to follow after Nanashi instead. The last thing she needed to do was go getting involved in another fight with Celestine.

Aamori's eyes immediately went wide and then teared up after Celestine belted her across the face. She tried her best to keep herself from crying while he was yelling at her; Though the second that he turned around to follow the others the water works started. She'd backed against the wall again and slid down it until she was sitting again and lifted her hand to press against her face where he'd hit her. Her eyes were still wide and ridden with tears as she hunched over slightly. She couldn't believe that he'd actually hit her, if anything she'd only expected the yelling. Worse though, she'd never been smacked across the face like that. It stung terribly which only made her cry more.