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Nehanda scampered up the path to the Centre. She clutched the note and list Foenix had given her in one hand, and she brushed aimmlessly at various plants as she passed them with the other.

Once there, she pushed open the door and slipped inside. It looked and sounded as though the place was empty. Now where was she supposed to leave this? Foenix hadn't been too specific . . .

The little girl craned her neck and looked around. Back by the door, there was a big notepad posted on the wall. And there was a note that, upon inspection, invited people to list things they needed from the mainland. Well, that was easy!

Nehanda looked down at her list. It was kinda long, and her handwriting wasn't very good yet. Maybe she could find something to pin the list and note up with? She started searching through the various boxes and drawers around the Common Room and kitchen. It took her a while, but she finally found some push pins and a pencil.

It was pretty easy to stick the list and note up after that. She stood back and looked over the list. It mentioned things like glass window panes and nails, and cooking stuff. Foenix had also asked for several sets of garden pots.

Nehanda bit her lip, and then lifted the pencil she had found. In her wobbly writing, she added something to the bottom.

Ever since Pueblo gotten older, she had much more free time to herself she didn't know what to do! A little trip to the Centre to see what was new wouldn't hurt. Besides, Pueblo was taking care of Zen, and they really needed more bonding time alone.

Fae looked around the appearingly-empty center, half frowning to herself. "Hm." She ambled over to the coark board- there was bound to be new flyers up. Adjusting her glasses, she scanned through lists of quests. Raising her eyebrows, she had an idea. Quickly going through her satchel, she groped for a pen and scrap of paper, then copied a few things down. Smiling to herself, she now had something to keep herself busy with and headed home immediately.

Acia opened the door almost the instant Nehanda had knocked. She had been on her way out, going across to Cetalu with another new item wrapped in a bundle for ye another Aerandir growth. There were so many of them currently! Working up the lists, too, had been somewhat frustrating. She was loosing her feeling for the lists... it was as though some of the ability for it had been slipping away ever since she had begun the second dream.

"Nehanda!" she exclaimed, stepping back a few paces so as not to bump into the, now taller, youth. She smiled warmly, moving back a few steps as if to invite the other in "How can I help you, Nehanda? Something for your garden?" she looked down at the seed pod, wondering at the feeling of 'life' that seemed to be emanating from it.

Acia listened as the younger Aerandir spoke, eyeing the seed pod as the other young female held it up. "I can feel it too" she said, reaching out but not quite touching it "a warmth, at least." Acia smiled as Nehanda described her close feeling to the plant, the feeling was similar to that Acia got when working with rock except that it was dull and low and slow instead of vibrant. That sort of closeness with your abilities was part and parcel of being an Aerandir.

"The fluff and feathers?" she was brought out of her reverie. She wondered about what might happen if they were put in the seedpods of the large tree. The tree of the godesses. Feeling ever-so-slightly guilty she looked around to confirm that they were alone. "Most of the items are found at the digsites. I get a great deal of them to process as my abilities allow me to remove the dirt and soil from them a lot more quickly than humans could. I have a few items currently which I've just cleared up... I could get them for you.."

She paused. For some reason it didn't seem right. She was conflicted. On one hand the archeo team had always been good to her, they had begun the Aerandir project and were upkeeping them by financing the new guardians. On the other hand the artifacts were Aerandir and thus really was 'theirs' to choose what to do with. She walked to the ladder and nipped up the ladder, folding her wings in tightly. "Just a moment!" her voice trailed down from the attic room.

Acia returned down the ladder with a small package under her chin. She nimbly jumped the last few steps, her hair slightly floofed from her mad dash to find the items she had been searching for.

"Not that they've told me..." she said, pausing to think Nehanda's idea over. "You could be right... afterall the goddess must have shown you them for a reason? Perhaps that reason is to allow us to propogate ourselves away from humans..." Acia felt a stab of guilt again. Some of them had been kind to her but she still couldn't shake her dislike of their kind in general. Her first dream had shown her what they had done, so long ago...

Acia forced a smile as she held the package out to Nehanda. "Two feathers, two pices of fur... I'm not sure of the type, I haven't had time to look closely at them as I'd just finished cleaning them up."

"If it works and does go as you say....." Acia thought for a moment. "I'm really not sure. I had a list of the guardians willing to look after a second child." Acia located that list under a pile of books amongst Alyosha's things. She wrote out a slip of paper with a name and an address. Her unease strengthened a little. "I'm not sure how we're going to explain it to the humans. I guess I'll have a few words with Alyosha." she tailed off, her resolve strengthening. "I'll tell him what you're trying and what we plan to do if it works." her smile became slightly fiece, for once her leonine side showing through.

"Good luck, Nehanda. I think we may both need it.."