Karla
**Joseph Everard, Ibethiel**
**The Forests of Ibethiel**

"The trees are here for everyone. They always listen when nobody else does." Joseph said, not really thinking about the consequences of what he said, whether she thought him crazy or not. 

He sat still for a while, thinking. He finally asked, too curious. "Your blessing? What do you mean?" He leaned in close to the fire. The chill of the night was here, and the fire provided the last bastion against the darkness.
Cassie
Beatrice Ashdown, Ibethiel 
The Forests of Ibethiel

Beatrice nodded in understanding and smiled. Trees. Something they were bonding over. Some may call it odd. Beatrice listened to the roaring and cackling of the fire with a soft smile on her face. 

Beatrice looked down at her lap as the man proceeded to ask what she meant. Truth be told, she didn't exactly feel comfortable telling the full truth. "I don't have any friends out her, so they have been a lovely substitute."
Karla
**Joseph Everard, Ibethiel**
**The Forests of Ibethiel**

"Mm. They're not the best, since it's a pretty one-sided conversation." He chuckled. He started carving the hair on the portrait into finer detail as well. It was hard in the low lighting, and there was a long pause while he was just working. 

"I'm going to be straight with you." He said quite slowly. "I'm an insomniac, and I can already tell I'm not sleeping tonight. It's getting late, and if you don't feel comfortable either talking to me for hours or sleeping here after... What you've been through, I get it. Just letting you know so you don't think it's awkward."

He kind of hope she stayed for a while, just to talk, because he hadn't talked to someone else in months... The last time was when that physician helped him in the Witherlands. But his conscious demanded it of him to at least let her know.