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Adriana's smile faded as she opened her eyes to look at him again. It was time to come back to the real world where the flowers no longer blossomed amongst the green plains and the air didn't bear the sweet fregrances. The darkness had crept over the lands that once bore hapiness and froloking and where the last thing she had to do was worry. "I should fetch my steed," she spoke, her voice lower as she began to back away, "And perhaps you should be on you way as well, Ranu."

The sticky humidity of the air increased a casual sign of the upcoming storm. Certainly it would start raining soon. She crossed her arms over her chest, looking away at a fallen statue. What once was probably a great marble work of art now looked gray with age as little bits of green slime also crawled over the old beauty. She bit her lower lip, and then faced her past companion again. "It feels like ages ago that you left Rohan, Ranu. It's far over my shoulders, but, you know, I've never ever forgotten your face. It's gradually become a memory, and for me to see you now... for you to be here now in this great time of darkness is unheard of..." Her sentence was drawn away and yet another crack of thunder was heard over the air. She didn't know what else to say, but the uneasiness, the nausea she felt, told her that she just wanted to rest. It had been a crazy day.

Adriana was known not to be able to hold grudges as a child, but was this different? She reacalled all the good things they had gone through as childeren once again. Was ti truly his fault that he left? "Wh- why did you leave?" she asked, truly wanting to work the sittuation out. In the time she had spent away from home, she hardly talked to freinds-old or new. It coukd be good for her.

Adriana's face softened and the redness of anger fled as well to reveal the true color of her skin. She went over to Ranu, embracing his tightly, but in silence. He couldn't hide his tears. She wasn't that stupid. There was no way she could be angry and she too had a few tears fall. "I forgive you, Ranu. I'm sorry..." That was all she could get out of her mouth. For years she had this mystery of why her friend fled, always thinking of the worst possible answeres, but now it was all clear.

Adriana put a hand over her mouth, in shock. She took the horse after a moment, looking at it as she handled it in both of her hand, now, a lrage smile on her face. "Navarro. Well what a funny coincidence. The horse I ride now has its name," she explained, remembering that her horse was probably still outside. She felt like a lousy owner keeping him where he'd be frightened. She started to walk away at a brisk pace, but turned her head over her shoulder. "Come along, slow poke!" she joked as if she were seven again.

Adriana looked over ta Ranu, hearing the whistle and the response. "W-well I haven't gotten to that point of training yet," she said, rolling her eyes. "Just go ahead and proclaim you skills. I'm perfectly fine with finding my horse on foot," she said, continuing along to the very front of the gate so that her view could be casted out through the entire plain. "Navarro!" she called, and soo a sorrel horse was over by her side, nudging her in the shoulder...