Phoenix waited patiently for Aria to calm down and reply to him. When she finally did reply he felt too much too fast. His heart sped up and he could tell his temperature was rising. He especially felt the feeling in his feathers, a feeling felt for only one other. Why? He could not understand why he was feeling like this again. He had treated plenty of woman like Aria, yet he had never felt this for any of them.<br/><br/>He tried to push back the feelings, however it was soon apparent that the only way would be to distance himself. The other choice was to embrace them, to risk going through all the pain again. Would he be able to stand that? To deal with it? Would he still be able to avoid letting the hunters capture him?<br/><br/>"Have you ever been in love?" he asked suddenly, his voice with a hint of panic. He was forcing his body to remain in the position it was, he had to know if she had ever gone through what he had been through in his past.