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Nita continued, hoping she wasn't babbling too much. "Of course, we were in 2nd grade at the time. I guess it's a bit silly, but it was fun to figure out back then."

The red-head nodded, eyeing the buildings speculatively. "I don't think there's really been anyone new since I got here, but there are still empty duplexes. Makes me wonder how many more people he could possibly want or need here." She shrugged, barely noticing their change in direction.

"Maybe part of some sick, new experiment of his..." Emerwyn mumbled, focus turned now away from Moreau's expansion.

"Hello!" Emerwyn called softly ahead of them, at the creature who had already noticed them. It was someone she knew...
She stopped at the edge of the jungle, where the lizard woman was.
Searchingly, Emerwyn moved around the girl as she dodged, to look into her eyes. So big, so green... The girl was so full of energy, but was so self-concious.
She had spoken to her a long time ago, in the woods. That was when she first met Ian. None of them had changed by that point.
"Amaya. It is good to see you again."

She recognized her?

That was comforting... The girl gave a smile and glanced back up at her. "Nice to see you again too, Emerwyn."

Amaya offered a smile to Nita as well. It looked like she had changed too, though she didn't mention it. No need in pointing out the obvious. She shifted the bag over her shoulder that contained her book and a couple other things like her CD player. "How have... you two been?" She asked, perposfully dragging the conversation away from herself.

"I've been alright, reading a lot, but I guess that's pretty normal of me." Nita laughed slightly at Emerwyn's jest, not entirely sure if she could be so apparently calm about something like that. At least not so soon after it happened.

Her ears twitched periodically, on the alert for anything dangerous. Even though she knew Amaya was harmless, it was vaguely disconcerting to know she hadn't even noticed the girl until she was right in front of her.

"And yourself?" she asked.

She wasn't alone. It made sense. After all, someone had been attacked, and they hadn't been as lucky as Emerwyn or Amaya had been.
She wasn't even a subject. She was someone Moreau obviously cared about. A grim smile played in Emerwyn's mind that his plans could backfire so.

"Then, that's wonderful," Emerwyn said in response to Amaya's report on how she felt.
She was trying to be optimistic. Someone had to do it for Amaya, since she was not going to do it for herself.
"Because, I've found that the best it can be is really rather pleasant."

Amaya nodded. "I have had nice moments. Lately it's just been a little hard though..." Oh, don't start on a rant now. It's not your place to complain. She scolded herself mentally and bottled her depression back where it belonged.

"Oh, alright. I'll see ya around Nita." She gave her a goodbye head-bob without even noticing it.

"I'm sure I'll see you both around before too long," Nita said, waving at both women. Her stomach complaining again, the red panda-girl veered away from the jungle on the path that would take her to the cafeteria, and eventually back to her duplex.

Emerwyn stepped forward and placed a hoofed hand on Amaya's shoulder.
"No, not at all," she said, her voice soft and sweet. "Each one of us has suffered, and it is no one's right to compare.
Consider me your friendly tree that you can confide in. You can say whatever you want, and I shall answer only when you wish it, or when the wind prompts me to speak."