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"No, sorry," she replied. Even though her body was beginning to feel more and more tired, more strained from yesterday's running the more the sleep left her senses, she knew she wouldn't be able to go back to sleep. With a sigh of her own, Sephora's wings fluttered a little nervously on Kendrick's. "Just... thoughts. About my mom."
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He sighed again. "I'm sorry, little dove. I wish I had something to say that would make you feel better." He still didn't move much from his sleeping position, but his eyes were opening more and more as he fully awoke. "Do you know what you want to do today? We can keep going if that's what you want." He wouldn't break her spirit and tell her it was probably useless to keep going the way they had been. If that's what she wanted, he'd go to the ends of the world with her.
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Sephora gave herself a moment to think about it, but the answer was already on her lips. She shook her head. "No, I think... Even if she managed to get this far, we must have missed her, must have passed her by somehow. She'll... she'll probably be back when we get there." Part of her knew it wasn't true, but part of her still had hope. She didn't want to cry again like she'd done yesterday, didn't want that horrible retching feeling to sink into her gut. "We should probably go back. Unless... Do you have anything you want to do, or somewhere you want to go?"
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He gave her a smile. "I just want to be with you. We'll head back then." And he still hadn't moved. "Are you suuure you won't sleep some more? I bet I'm extremely comfortable." He grinned. It seemed all he did these days was try to keep her happy and not let her dwell too much on the sadness she was feeling. It didn't bother him, but he wished he could magically bring her mother back so she would stop looking so wounded.
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Happy flutters moved through her stomach at his words, and she gave him a small smile. "You are extremely comfortable." The muscles in her shoulders tensed and ached a little. "I think... Maybe if I laid here a while, I could, but I'm not sure."
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"Well I won't force you. Even though I could just sit on you and the lack of air would make you pass out but we'll save that for another time," he gave a quick nudge under her chin to keep her head up. Finally he got to his hooves and stretched out his limbs and wings. "Might as well get a move on then. The return trip is going to take all day."
