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Tangia dismissed Olieiv when Ayame didn't seem interested in him, giving a faint protective smile as she saw her sister's attention shift. It was funny. She used to be the one to back down, and even still she told most people that peace was the best answer for everything, she felt as if she would fight tooth and nail to keep Ayame by her side. At least, until it was time for them to go home. Surely home was safe. Maybe. Her smile faded, twisted into a worried frown. "Ayame," she started, not sure if she really wanted to ask, "Do you like your new mother?"

Tangia nodded, glad to see that her sister had finally found someone that cared about her. "I live with Miss Ul, in a big family. I have a lot of brothers and sisters, I think you would like some of them." Definately not Jack, but probably Liang. It was hard not to like Liang, she was creative and friendly, and she was fine just sitting in the quiet. Though, maybe Ayame would want someone a little more interactive. "We have a big house and a big yard, maybe you and your mom could visit some time?"

Drawing. This made Tangia perk up. She'd heard somewhere that art was a good way to look into what someone was really feeling. At least, that's what she had been trying to do when she had helped Liang with her wall poetry. Maybe she should try something like that herself. Maybe not drawing, she had some trouble with that, but writing, like Liang. "I didn't know you used to draw," she admitted, feeling a bit bad for that.

Tangia frowned, feeling her heart sink at this. She'd gotten everything she ever asked for, and it seemed Ayame had gotten nothing. Why hadn't she ever seen that before? Not that she would have stood up to mother about it. Still, it would have been nice to be aware of it. Was there anything she could do to start to make up for it? Suddenly, she put her hands to her neck, removing the necklace she wore bearing the red wish stone. "Take this," she said, holding it out to her, "I already got my wish, I have you."

She nodded silently, though the blush on her cheeks showed she was glad that Ayame liked the gift. Reaching forward, her nimble fingers took the chain and undid the clasp, and as she walked around behind Ayame to put it on, she started to explain where it had come from. "Yeah, it's a wish stone, but I was keeping it for something really important. I didn't just wish to see you because I didn't think you'd want to see me. I've had it for almost a year," she said, lowering the necklace so that the charm rested on Ayame's collarbone as she tried a few times to clip it. The latch went, and she smiled, "There, now I can always be with you."

"As soon as possible, Ayame," She responded, wrapping her arms around her sister to give her a squeeze that would last until whenever that happened to be. Thinking for a moment, she backed off and lifted the stone to the end of it's chain, leaned down, and kissed its shiny surface. "There," she added, "Now it loves you as much as I do." This wasn't meant to be a dramatic thing, she only meant it as a gesture of comfort, but she found herself feeling something she had only started to feel today. It was a funny thing, to find someone you had lost, but it was good. Surely. With that, she reluctantly got to her feet, brushed off her dress, and turned to leave. "If you ever really need to see me, just go to the lake and pray on that stone, ok?" She said solemnly, turning to show her sister one last smile before she started to walk away toward the main building where her ride home was waiting.