"Aw, kid..." Ren reached out and patted the boy gingerly on the head, "You kidding, man? 'Course I'll help ya, that's what friends do!"<br/>He frowned suddenly, "Though I can honestly say that I don't know what to do... I don't know if we should move you, or hole up in here for a while, or get a decoy... I guess we could try talking to the girl, but I dunno where she went. I'd bet anything that she knows you're here though." He sighed, exhaustion weighing heavy on him, "Man, I'm worse than beat. For now, let's just take it easy.  I need a nap or something, can't think worth a damn." Wearily, he dragged himself up off the floor and headed towards his room. Ren turned back to regard Toshi again, "You know... You could fight her. I know you've got it in you."<br/><br/><div style="text-align: center;">_______________________________________</div><br/><br/>Kyris had finally stopped trembling, though she still felt awful. She rarely got sick, so this was a very foreign and decidedly unpleasant sensation. Presently, she was reclined back in the afternoon sun, watching the clouds drift by. A bird landed nearby, and she eyed it critically.<br/><br/>"I envy you. Just as I envy the clouds. You're free to go wherever you please; if something frightens you, you can just fly away. I don't have that luxury. I can't run away from what frightens me. And there are so many things."<br/><br/>The bird tipped its head at  her a few times, then flew away in flurry of feathers, and she sighed.<br/>"Yes. I would fly away from me, too."