<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/nKSivzs.jpeg)</div><strong>Aqua (Any)</strong>(https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=337368.msg16018804#msg16018804)<br/><strong>Time:</strong><em>Year 1, Time of Open Paths</em><br/><strong>Tags:</strong>Reaper<br/><strong>Actions:</strong><br/><hr/><br/>Aqua was silent as he watched the old elephant, as he was spoken to so kindly and as he followed them to this... new realm. This new plave. Somehow, he knew the path, the way to go, though it wasn't in any direction that he'd ever travelled before. And he felt... different, too. Not different like when he'd gained his wateriness or when he'd decided on his name. Different in... a different way. For the first time since he remembered, he was... not happy. That wouldn't have been possible when he was a happy spirit, but he wasn't a happy spirit anymore. He was Aqua now. And apparently that meant sometimes not being happy. He... didn't like this as much.<br/><br/>Aqua looked at the elephant for a while. She couldn't be considered old anymore, though perhaps she was still wise. She then observed the stranger. She wasn't afraid. The stranger didn't seem unkind, though certainly more solemn than any she'd seen. Her question came simply. "Why am I not happy?" she asked. "She's different, but she's happy. But I'm not. I don't think I'm the kind of spirit who's not-happy because others are happy. So... why?"