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"I know that we should write exactly what we think. Exactly what we feel.
Emelyn, no matter what state of mind she is in, is a very honest person, and she would expect no less from her friends."

The village was not too far off.

"Yes. And by the pricking of my thumb, we should be arriving there within the next ten minutes." What had inspired this upbeat feeling in her? Emerwyn had become so volatile in the past months that the presence of a certain person would ignite a completely different persong in herself. She missed having someone who made her feel like this.
She made no assumptions as to what could possibly be wrong with the stationary being up in her room.

And within ten minutes, they were at the door, and Emerwyn was ushering Lucas in.

**To be continued in Emerwyn's Journal**

Nita heard Marshall coming, several minutes before he stumbled into her line of sight. For once she was actually out for a walk instead of perched in her favorite tree, although Marshall had, probably unintentionally, stumbled into that general area.

"You okay there?" she asked with a laugh, emerging from the surrounding brush. The girl didn't recognize Marshall at first, but whoever-it-was was obviously not a threat, the way they were acting.

"Nita," she automatically corrected."...Marshall?" She had finally gotten a good look at her unwitting companion, noting the changes that were new to her, at least.

Looking down at the offending foot, Nita tsked. It was pretty obvious why he wasn't wearing shoes, at least. "Ouch. Your feet will toughen up though," she told him with the confidence of personal experience. Nita indicated her own feet, which were bare, as usual.

Although her feet would still fit in shoes, they no longer felt particularly comfortable, not to mention shoes made tree-climbing difficult. The black pads on the heels and balls of her feet were calloused from her numerous jungle treks, although she had certainly undergone similar injuries in the past.

"It's alright," Nita said easily. "Aww, the nose doesn't look bad. I mean, I still knew it was you, once I got a good look. Besides, I've changed too since we last saw each other, I think."

"Friends are good," she said with a smile. "Who've you met?" Nita looked Marshall up and down, speculating. "A bird of some sort, from the nose," she decided. "And feet." Nita grinned, her cheeks puffing out.

Nita followed suit, clearing away a patch of ground. She sat with her legs folded up to her chest, her arms resting lightly on her knees, tail curled around to cover her feet. "Oh, I've met Gaius. He's a nice guy. Amaya is sweet, although I haven't seen her for a long time." The other names were unfamiliar, except for Sid's. Her own encounter with the older man had mostly consisted of awkward staring and the occasional utterance of 'Well, s**t.'

Zach on the other hand... "Oh Jesus, what did Zach do to you?" she asked.

Nita rolled her eyes in exaspiration. "Wow. Just.. wow. Although actually, that's awfully subtle for Zach. Our previous encounters involved him yelling at a friend of mine, and me, although I just happened to be there; and then later making a friend of mine cry just for looking at him."

The fact that he pissed off Gaius was rather impressive, actually. Nita had him figured for a relatively stolid type.

"I mostly ignore him, personally, but I haven't seen him recently. He was banned from the village for a while, but I guess he's back."