"Another water?" the barkeep mumbled as he lumbered his huge bulk to fetch the drink for the new cloaked figure. "I don't even feel right charging you for the water, but I've got to charge you something...." he continued to mumble as he set the cup before the water soaked stranger.<br/><br/>Sitting there sipping at her cup she tilted her head ever so slightly to the side so that she could get a better look at the drenched person beside her.<span style="font-style: italic">Hmm...the height is right, but then again there are many those of that height. Especially since I myself am not that tall. The proud baring is not there though, neither is that ever presence stance of a warrior that he had. It's probably just a small coincidence that they ordered a water as well. Once again I am just getting my hopes up and ever seeing him again.</span><br/><br/>These thoughts ran through Imari's mind as she drank her water slowly, her body slumping slightly in sadness at the thought of her friend. It had been some ten years now since they had last seen one another and that parting was still fresh in her memory.<br/><br/>Standing there at that crossroads, her hair blowing lightly in the gentle breeze, green eyes looking up into his blue. So much she wanted to tell him to say to him but too young and afraid to express herself. A few kind words, a hug were exchanged and then the two of them parted ways. Not a day has gone by in those ten years that she did not regret her fear and in ability to tell him how she felt. Perhaps her life would have been different and the some of the choices that she made, well she would perhaps would not have been forced to make.<br/><br/>Sighing she took another sip of her water, her heart aching slightly like it always did when she thought of him.....