"M-melody!. where are you hun?" SHe looked around, when she turned and ran up a set of stairs surounded by dead plants. she looked left first, and as she looked right, there was melody, looking straight at her. her heart sighed with relief. her face would have looked a little more mature to anybody who had taken note of her appearance before.<br/><br/>"THere you are... gods, ive been worried sick about you since You..." She looked againt towards the steps. her children had nto followed her?! they were always at her side. like the ambilical cord was still there. when she looked back, Gowcho and sai were standing infront of Col and Melody, maybe five feet away, swellig the air about them and tilting their heads to the sides.<br/><br/>"KIDS!" SHe screeched as she breathed in and ran up after them, grabbing each of them at the same time by the collars of the rough tattered cloaks they wore.<br/><br/>"Behave when we are in public." SHe said, sternly. they both looked at her. gowcho with his foxlike grey face and his ears downtrodden, and sai with his huge mouth frowning. almost at the same time, they started to say something aroudj the lines of, 'i only wanted to say HI to them' Kaori just rolled her eyes and set them nboth down again.<br/><br/>"Well, that distraction out of the way...how have you been?" SHe smiled with a closed mouth, she had learned not to show her sharkteeth often. she didnt know Col very well, and didt want him to get jumpy around her.