<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#c71585"><i>It is strange.</i> Tilting her head in an imitation of Tsukiko's she studied one of the villagers in a near by hut conversing with another. His lips moved as he spoke, making sound and forming words. <i>I wonder why they dont just use their minds like we do.</i> Pursing her lips she thought this over, hands on her hips. <i>Maybe they cant.</i> She answered her own musings with a shrug before turning her gaze back to her sister. <br/>
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She watched the glee fade from her twin's eyes as Tsukiko's gaze fell on her. It was as if her very presence made Tsukiko regret her violent actions. And this saddened her, because finally, she was starting to gain the smallest inkling of understanding. The gods certainly hadn't given them much in the way of knowledge to help in their mission. But slowly Hikaru was beginning to piece things together, though confusion was still dominant in her mind. <i>You don't have to hide from me...or be ashamed</i>.<i> I think I'm starting to understand, just a little bit, the roles we might be meant to play.</i><br/>
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Taking her sisters offered hand, their fingers laced together, they left the village and death behind them. It wasn't long at all before the two came upon a forest, or what at first glance appeared to be so. Peering into the trees she examined them carefully, something was not right. She could sense it. There was no clear indication of what it was, no real evidence of anything at all. Only the small, insistent, feeling that something was off.<br/>
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<i>Yes, but we had better be wary, something isn't right here.</i> She warned, though she was sure her sister could sense it to. With that she moved forward, taking the first step into the forest, all her senses alert.</span>