Tiatha had certainly looked better. The already thin (almost dangerously so) Sin'dorei looked gaunt in comparison to how she'd looked weeks ago when they'd made their daring 'escape' from the Horde. Her cheeks were thin and her bones more pronounced than ever and though she had always been especially pale, she seemed even more so now. The journey had been hard on her, more than once causing her to teeter on the edge of withdrawls until the timely intervention of her friend and enabler, Allienna. Despite the rather harsh road to where they were now, the silvery haired elf still followed along loyally.The rogue was, after all, her friend and something more to her in many ways. A warm, brilliant love burned for her companion just beneath the surface but it was held in check by her only other desire, the one fueled by the leaf pushed gently into her hand. Her slender fingers curled around it immediately, fist shaking as it was formed.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Her bob cut, boyish hair briefly obscured her thin features as she panned her head to the left and right. It was not out of interest in finding the caravan, but  simple reflex after years of being a thistlehead. After making sure the coast was clear, she popped the sanguine leaf into her mouth and chewed vigorously. Immediately the mana trapped within was released and a sweet, tingling buzz worked its way up down her spine, making her entire body tingle. Her own, already wide eyes opened just a little further, the hidden in the fel-like glow dilating as the rush hit her. With a delighted coo she melted into the kiss pressed to her cheek and just as tenderly she reached up to run her fingers gently along Alliena's cheek. The digits trembled against her friend's flesh  but after a few moments the steadied themselves and the slighter of the two women pulled back, silvery bangs brushing the bottom of her jaw. “I don't blame you. Never.” She nodded with some conviction, unable to see the woman she felt for in any negative light-- after all Alliena was her enabler, friend, and lover all in one.<br/><br/><br/>As they pathed through the forest, things began to grow dull again. Twigs pulled in an irritable fashion at the already tattered scarlet and gold robes Tiatha wore and more than once she tripped over her own feet. There were a few curses of irritation let loose into the night but mercifully they found their destination sooner, rather than later. A smile tugged at the corners of Tiath's pale, pink lips and she nodded along energetically as Alienna pointed out the dull glow of light off in the dark woods.<br/><br/>“A life with you.”<br/><br/>She took off after that  surprisingly lucid utterance, the sound of her shoes thrashing through piles of fallen leaves carrying off into the distance as she ran ahead to the caravan (expending what little energy she still had in the process).<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>