<span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #8080BF"><br/>Rae and 'Nyxx made their way leisurely across the countryside. The woman stepped carefully over the terrain, careful not to soil the hems of her rather voluminous skirts, her wings tucked safely into their hiding place within her cloak, while her raven companion flew high overhead, beady gaze trained upon the ground below. They came to rest atop a small hill, which looked over a village in a valley not far away. The raven settled lightly and comfortably on one of the Rae's shoulders.<br/><br/>She felt the fading of a life, buried in the bustling energy of the small town, along with a sense of longing that made her breath still in her chest. As an empath, she had an innate ability to feel the truth of a person, that which they might hide with masks of varying natures. However, what she felt at this moment, was an overwhelming sense of desolation and despair. She swept an ebon gaze over the village, trying to pinpoint the source, and 'Nyxx stirred, stretching his wings out as his beady, glittering eyes saw what his mistress did.<br/><br/>Unable to shake the feeling of desperation, Rae hurriedly - but oh-so carefully - made her way down, toward the village as 'Nyxx took off for the sky once more. Through their symbiotic bond, she looked through his eyes for a moment until they spotted a man, lying in the dust of the roadway leading into town. She shuddered at the thought of such filth, and couldn't get to him fast enough. 'Nyxx assumed lazy circles around the man's head, with an occasional, gentle caw, as Rae ran her decidedly non-healer hands over the man on the ground, trying to ignore the dust surely getting on her hands.<br/><br/>He clearly had a broken arm, though that didn't explain the fact he appeared so close to death. Now that she was closer to him, it was obvious he'd been the source of the misery that had assaulted her senses on the hilltop. But what was wrong with him? She slowed her anxious breathing, and focused on the emotions emanating from the young man. She suddenly felt rather seasick! Odd. The raven let out a knowing caw, and reached out to her through their symbiosis. *Water, young one. He needs water*<br/><br/>Rae felt rather stupified. It wouldn't be possible for her to carry him anywhere, so she did the only thing she could think of on the spot, and hurriedly pulled open her water skin, and with trembling hands, tried to pour water into his slightly open mouth, accidentally spilling some onto his face as she did so.<br/></span></span>