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It was supposed to be spring now, but it didn't feel like spring.

To Lepus, the changing of seasons had signified warmer weather, the end of the cold winter, and the growing of plants. The past few days had been deceptively warm, albeit windy, but as soon as the sun had set, Lepus had found herself having to wear a coat still when going out patrolling. The small senshi was ready for the cold weather to be over, suffice to say, and she was pretty certain Etoile was, too- yet again, the little cat had declined to patrol with her, preferring the warmth of the indoors. Sometimes, Lepus wondered if all Mauvians were like that, or if Etoile was just special; the small pool of magical cats that she personally knew made this hard to tell.

As she made her way down the usual path, Lepus pondered maybe going to buy a cup of something hot, to keep warm, but remembered that she had recently spent her allowance on buying an assortment of marshmallow peeps for her and Etoile to try. Resigned to her fate, the chibi senshi of rabbits bundled further into her coat, wondering when the weather was going to finally shape up.

A power signature suddenly caught her attention, and Lepus recognized it was that of a page. The only page she really knew was Anakeion, who the preteen hadn't seen around lately, and so Lepus felt a little hopeful- maybe she'd run into the Castor page again, and maybe get her to buy her a cocoa or something? Upon catching up with the source of the aura, however, the chibi realized that the page in front of her was not the one she had been hoping to run into. Lepus scowled, already disappointed.

"Who are you?" she demanded, wanting to know who this person was and why she was dressed so similarly to her friend.

"Chibi Lepus, of rabbits," Lepus replied, affixing Gorner with a suspicious look, "So you're one of the knights, too?" That Gorner was the same as Anakeion made Lepus wonder just how many of them were there, but that wasn't really important at the moment; she could ask Anakeion sometime... if she ever saw her again.

Maybe she should just send a text- she did have Anakeion's number, after all.

"If you're a Castor page does that mean you know Anakeion? She's my friend, but I haven't seen her in awhile," Lepus said, hoping maybe to get some answers. Personally, she assumed that all knights knew each other or something, like some sort of knight network.

"That's right, Anakeion's a Castor knight... page... magical person," Lepus confirmed, nodding; she had thought it obvious enough from her words, but adults always seemed to only hear what they wanted to hear, which was always only part of what Lepus said.

When Gorner replied in the negative as to knowing Anakeion, the chibi senshi's look of suspicion grew in intensity. "Seriously? So you don't know who she is? Why, though? You're both from Castor- or like, magical people of Castor- do you guys like... not have some sort of mailing list or group chat or something?"

"Anyway, yeah, we're really good friends," Lepus continued on, frowning, "We know each other's real names and stuff? And she let me punch her once."

Lepus was a little taken aback at Gorner offering up her real name like this, but if the page wanted to be friends with her, too, then who was she to complain? Making friends with college students made her feel cool, or something along those lines.

Maybe it was just the possibility of free homework help.

"Oh, uh, sure," Lepus said, pretty onboard with this idea, "Mine's Aliseanne, but everyone calls me Alise. Like... nobody ever calls me Aliseanne, except substitute teachers."

A pause.

"And maybe my mom when I'm in trouble. Anyways... I'd ask if I could add you to my contacts on my phone, but I guess you don't have a phone like senshi do, do you?"

"Ugh, yes, you understand so much," Lepus commiserated, finding a kindred spirit with Gorner- or Key, rather. Honestly, she never understood why her mother had to go and give her such a long and old-fashioned name like 'Aliseanne'; one of these days, she was going to go and legally shorten it.

(Admittedly, though, 'Aliseanne, Mistress of the Night and Princess of the Void' had more weight to it than if she was simply 'Alise'.)

"That's too bad, though, about your ring. If you get it soon, find me again and let me know! I go through the park a lot. Usually," she said; the park usually seemed to always be a popular place for both senshi and Negas (and youma) alike, so it was a common patrol route. "Until then... I guess I should be going now. My mom's going to ground me for life if she figures out I'm out this late."

"I'm always safe," Lepus insisted, with an air of confidence, but nodded. It was definitely time to go.

"See ya around! Don't be a stranger!" Lepus called out, and with a little wave, she was hurrying on her way back home, determined to get back into the house as stealthily as possible without being caught.