<div class="floatleft">(http://imageshack.us/a/img17/4976/5x5i.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Ralena Tharin</span><br/><strong>Location:</strong>Shadow Crow Headquarters<br/><strong>With:</strong>Alice, and Luca<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Ralena nodded when Luca told her about how he would be there if she wanted to talk, Alice echoing that statement. She was already on the road of recovery, but even then a simple confirmation did warm her heart as she realized how lucky she was to have a couple of good friends. "I'll keep that in mind... Thanks you guys..." With that she continued to move past the two of them with the intent on moving back inside, however, just as she was laying her hand on the doorknob, she thought about it for a few seconds before she turned back towards them, giving both Luca and Alice a light smile as she made her way back inside. "You two have fun. I'm in no rush to get back to the guild hall early tomorrow, so I vote we all just sleep in and be complete lumps until... like... lunch tomorrow. Ah screw it, I'll just figure it out tomorrow, see you guys then."<br/><br/>With that Ralena excused herself from the balcony, as she asked one of Poulbelter's maids where she could take a bath. Interestingly enough, much like Alice, Ralena had been offered a change of clothes as well while her current outfit was put through the wash, though it was a fair bit less lewd then what Alice had been given, and she probably wouldn't be running into the other two for the rest of the evening anyway. When she finally slipped into the bath, Ralena let out a deep, pleased exhale and shut her eyes as she allowed the warm water to soak over her. She had been through a lot today, and she was once again alone and being given the chance to reflect on it all. Back in the shadow crow headquarters, and out on the balcony a couple of minutes ago, she couldn't help but feel some kind of dread about the answers behind her birth. After all, she finally found people who knew something about her, and both of them had slammed the door in her face, seemingly for her own good. There was something deeper afoot, and Ralena couldn't help but stew on that fact.<br/><br/>She felt herself starting to sink down into that mindset a little bit, even after the comfort that Luca and Alice were able to provide. However, it seemed that the answer that would best fix Ralena's mindset would come from herself. "Why am I worrying about this so much? No matter where I came from, it doesn't change who I am now, right?" Just saying that one line aloud caused clarity to hit Ralena like a tun of bricks, and it took a huge load off her mind. It didn't matter if her childhood, her parents, or her birthplace were all enshrouded in a deep and heavy fog, that was all before she joined Fairy Tail, and spent the next 9 years of her life growing into the woman that she was today. With the first genuine smile she had been able to enjoy since her encounter with her 'mirror match' earlier in the day, Ralena settled deeper into the bath and let out a content sigh. "Yeah. No matter what happens, I am me."<br/><br/>Well that was settled now. Funny how all it took was taking a minute to think about things rationally and with a more optimistic mindset to fix a poor attitude. She hoped she didn't worry the other two too much, looking back, she had been rather uncharacteristically somber and serious. Ah, whatever, she'd be able to clear up that everything was fine in the morning.