Auxana awoke from her slumber soon after Havoc had. She looked at him and smiled gently, White had given her conviction. “I love you too, Seb.” Maybe she was rushing her feelings a bit, but she didn’t want to ever be away from him. He was the only companion that she couldn’t bear the thought of losing. Even with Mama and Papa she had this sense that she could lived on if they died. If Havoc died, she shuddered to think of the shell she would become. She looked scared for a split second, getting a glimpse of her dream but she quickly returned to smiling gently. “I love you.” She repeated these words both for her sake and his.<br/><br/>She kissed his forehead and stood up looking wistfully towards the horizon. They should probably get moving. She yawned cutely and stretched her arms out. Then she fiddles with her rather bland clothes. Were these clothes flattering enough. Would Seb like it if she were to show more skin? As it was right now she was covering most everything, only her face and hair were visible. DId she even look good in her clothes? She found herself thinking about maybe cutting it shorter or fitting it tighter. Her face lit up and she shook her head. She thought maybe they could get clothes in town.<br/><br/>‘White…? Silly question, but does Seb think… that i’m pretty?’ Why was she so conscious of how she looked? No one had ever made her feel this way. She didn’t want him to think anything bad of her. She was trying to keep calm ‘Do you think, that i’m too muscular, i mean, i kind of have really defined core muscles… that doesn’t seem attractive. Am i pathetic for asking my daughter this?’ Auxana was breathing a bit faster than normal she definitely needed to get moving soon.<br/><br/>Auxana didn’t register that she was feeling what it meant to be in love with someone. She wanted to be perfect for him. And while that was impossible, Auxana had the knack for making the impossible possible. She clasped her hands around her heart and took a deep breath. ‘Thanks Meena, for everything. it's time to let myself go and have a little fun, maybe i can get Seb to take me on a date?’ Auxana made a quiet giggle. ‘Maybe he could buy me some clothing?’ After all if he picked out the clothes for her that would mean that he liked them on her, and that is all she wanted. ‘Hope you’re having fun as well Meena, bye for now.’<br/><br/>Auxana looked down at her ring ‘White, you probably have some idea of how he made that, right? I think this ring is like… It's like a symbol of how he cares for me, so i’m thinking of making him a ring of my own. It will probably be nowhere near as useful, but… I wanna try.” Auxana turned to Seb and took the ring off of her index finger and put it on her left ring finger. Papa had a ring there and he seemed to cherish it and protect it with his life. He was devastated when he lost it. Auxana had tried to find it to cheer him up, but it was the jungle and they lost it running from a giant sentient gorilla. Papa kept getting more distant until he finally had no will to live. That was the first time that Auxana was forced to abandon a person she cared for. She would never take off this ring, and anyone who wasn’t Seb would have to kill her before touching it.<br/><br/>___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<br/><br/>Norah smiled at Carmichael "It is very nice to meet you." She extended her unwounded hand to him. "I know it is rather awkward shaking with my your non-dominant hand, but please do humor me, this is hard enough as it is." She was sort of hiding her right hand. Because of her slight amount of fear she was having a hard time keeping it human, and it was betraying some inhuman cat like features. She did position it so that only Kryban could see. "Do i have you to thank, Carmichael for not having my neck bitten a bit ago? Or was it all Kryban? I did have absolute faith in him but i do not want to discount his teacher, if the teacher in question were a reason that Kryban acted as he did." She raised an eyebrow. "If so, i thank you, and if not i still thank you, it is not a simple task to be a teacher, but it is a noble one."<br/><br/>She sat back down, but this time a bit closer to where Kryban would sit. She was now hyper aware of everyone else, and that made her weirdly nervous. "Hey Kryban, thanks for being so in control of yourself, also i am sorry for inconveniencing you." She fidgeted with her fingers and bit her lip before gathering the courage to say the next thing. "Are you afraid of me, i uh mean are you not ready... god what am i saying... n-nevermind." She looked away and cursed herself for being terrible at speaking her feelings. She was maybe taking things too fast. Slow down, was what she was forcing herself to think. Would that make Kryban happy? Would her speeding up make it worse? She sighed, Maybe she wasn't ready either.