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Asrafel was late! Late! For a very important - .. well all right, perhaps not so important. Would Alania have killed him if he had waited until tomorrow to buy the groceries? Of course not. Unfortunately, they had no milk, and no bread, and even if they could have dealt with it for one day, Asrafel felt guilty for waiting so long on his errands. So here he was, zooming through the air with a hummingbirds beat of his wings, zipping to and fro at some distraction or another. It was easy to get lost on a night like this, especially when he felt the need to try and take a shortcut through a more rural area - but he felt confident that eventually the city lights would burst into his view once more.

So far, however, he was just a little lost. Not much. Just a little.

It was getting darker, and silently he hoped Shauna was getting home all right herself. He darted upward for a moment to get a better vantage point with which to see his path, and changed direction to head toward the city. The sharp turn led downward and right into a large black shape. From the back, Asrafel couldn't tell if this creature was friendly or not, so his wings slowed to a silent beat while he hovered nearby.

He never was good at sneaking around. He was sure that whatever it was knew he was there already, after all the noise he made. He touched down on the ground, though only one foot rested tentatively upon it, knee bent in a stance ready to spring upward at a heartbeat's notice. Several feet away, he figured the best way to figure out if he was in danger was to try and catch it's attention.

"Psst, hello~?"

"Oh!" He breathed out, letting out a half-smile. It was sentient, it could talk, it probably wasn't a big bear ready to devour him! How lovely! He dropped his other foot and stepped lightly toward the boy, delicate steps tiptoeing around so that he could see Lonan from a better angle. He still remained a few feet away, much like a wary deer. Just cautious.

Suddenly a gust of wind caught his ribbons and his wings, and with it came a feeling. It was familiar, and it struck him like a slap in the face. His eyes widened and he stopped breathing for a moment.

No, there was no danger here.

"Why hello! I'm sorry to intrude if you're busy, I just happened to be going through here on my way back into the city and noticed you there. My name is Asrafel! I don't believe we've ever met."

Knowing another name to fit into the puzzle made Asrafel smile wide. He closed the gap and moved to settle down a foot or so before Lonan, flopping down and resting back while his hands supported him.

"Lonan! I must say I'm surprised to meet you like this so suddenly. Tell me, have you been.. ah.. around long?" The question came out awkward, and he laughed a bit nervously at the end of it.

Asrafel's face lit up at the name. "Shauna! I was just with her, what a small world! Oh, oh yes there are many. Dozens, as far as I'm aware of! There could be more.. I can only speak from what I've seen. And I've seen dozens!"

He took the time to inspect his new kin, making note of how imposing his wings made him. In contrast, he seemed like a gentle soul, and for that Asrafel was thankful.

"I'm sure you'll meet more soon. We have get togethers every once in a while.. here, let me give you a card for the Center! That's where I work, and oddly enough our kin keep popping out of nowhere! Something must attract them to it." He ran his finger across a ribbon and a moment later held out a small shimmering card to Lonan, clearly unaware that the boy was blind.

It took far too long for Asrafel to process what he had said. He continued to hold the card out between two fingers, but he blinked, and his smile twitched before ever so slowly fading. Finally, he pulled his arm back, and took notice of how Lonan's eyes weren't exactly focused on him. They probably never had been. No, they definitely hadn't. "Oh, I didn't mean.. that is.. I didn't know.. oh. Oh dear." He slid the card back against his ribbon and it disappeared. "Well, don't I feel sheepish." He placed his hand against his cheek and shook his head. "Nevertheless, Shauna knows where it is, and even if you didn't know any of us my guess is you would somehow find your way there anyway. Everyone does. It's just fate." Asrafel didn't believe in fate anymore. He believed in Halexei's powers of intervention, however.

Asrafel blushed deeply from the end of his nose to the tip of his toes. "Oh no, I'm so sorry! Ohhh, I can't do anything right, this is awful.." He turned away quickly and shuffled back a pace, drowning his face in his hands. "Honestly, I don't know what's wrong with me today. This is awful, it is, you'll get such a bad first impression. I should probably leave. Yes, perhaps that is best." He felt as though he would only make matters worse without even trying. He had never had this much bad luck in his entire life! ..as short as that might have been.

Asrafel pouted heavily, and looked up at Lonan for a moment, before his brow furrowed. "Stop that! Just.. stop. Apparently today is not the day for me to make a good impression. I'm not running anywhere, I just .. just .. " He let out a frustrated sigh and buried his face in one hand again. "Just forget it. There's no point in dwelling."