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Another day had passed, and even as she attended classes for the day, Sitara couldn't get the meeting from the last night from her mind. She sat in the last class of the day, her pencil tapping on the desk as she waited for that final bell to ring. These last few minutes were always the hardest, and when your mind was divided it made it all the more so.

After what seemed like an eternity the bell sounded. Sitara rising from her seat and tossing her bag over her shoulder. She said her goodbyes to her classmates and began her long walk home.

She didn't like taking the bus, it was too crowded and loud. She would take her time getting home, enjoying the cool air and the warmth of her coat around her. Though even as she walked, she saw images of the night before. Saw Phact kneeling there, weak from her demonstration. She heard the scolding tones of the others, the disdain from some. Why was it a terrible thing to believe in peace? Was it so hard to look for the good in others first rather than the bad?

She took a deep breath, it releasing in a puff of smoke from her lips. She shook her head and continued on. She would reach home first. Tell her family about her day and then set out for her nightly patrol. Or maybe...just maybe, she would call Phact.

She reached her home about twenty minutes later. She changing out of her uniform and into much more comfortable clothes. She took he time to eat, her mother having made Samosas. She always loved it when they had homemade food.

She laughed and had fun with her Grandfather. She fighting with him for the last pastry. It was a game they often played, and normally Sitara was the one to win.

after dinner and kisses, Sitara went to her room, she sitting there and drawing her senshi phone from her drawer. She calmed her mind for a moment and slowly dialed the senshi of doves. She waiting to hear her voice on the other end of the line.

Sitara had fallen back on her bed. She breathing slowly as she heard the woman on the other end speak. She smiled warmly, opening her eyes to stare at the ceiling as she spoke. "Phact? This is Kastra, I do hope I find you well, you had us all concerned last night."

She rolled to her side, looking at her things around her room. She remembered what it was like to only care about those things, to be content with a large stuffed bear in her arms as she fell asleep. It had not been so long ago.

"I hate to bother you, but, do you think it possible I might speak with you in person? I know you said that you did not mind, but..." She blushed deeply an curled into her pillow. "I am not one of you many friends, I am just an outsider that happened to walk in."

As the other confirmed her request, Sitara's eyes lit up. It was one thing to hope to get to speak, it was another to get the chance. She breathed a little calmer, she nodding to herself and sitting up fully. "Do you know Crystal Academy? Near there. It is not far from where I am now, about twenty minutes walking, so less powered."

She looked around her room for a cloak of coat to wear. Finding nothing in her room she went into the hallway and grabbed a faux fur coat from the closet. She pulled it around her and buttoned it closed. She then making her way into the living room and shouting to her mother that she was going out with friends.

"Meet me near the school? From there we can find a better location." She closed the door behind her and locked it before making her way from the building and out into the cool night air.

Once free of the apartment, Sitara made her way toward her school. It was strange to be heading there at this time of night, but all the same, it was a meeting place.

She moved with her added speed, she noticing that at this pace she did not seem to stumble quite as much as when she walked in her normal civilian state. This was something she would have to commit to memory if she needed to be someplace in a hurry.

She chuckled her herself for but a moment before focusing once more on the task at hand. In Phact she had found a teacher, a leader, and that was something she really, truly needed right now.

It took her some time to reached the front gates of Crystal, but as she neared them, she could just make out the wavy form of Phact in the distance. She cursed her eyes for a moment and slowed her pace, watching closely as she came nearer and things cleared for her.

"Forgive me for taking so long..." She blinked crimson eyes at her, she nervously adjusting her skirt.

With a few fumbling steps, Kastra caught up to Phact. She looking up at the other woman and smiling softly. "It is not an issue, it is I that asked you out here tonight after all." She bit her lip and lowered her head a bit before talking again. "I hope you are well rested after last night. I know you had many of the others worried after your display."

She ran one hand along her arm, she watching her feet as they took small steps. She was still so uncertain on her feet in this outfit. It was strange, and so unlike any of her normal clothes. "I should ask forgiveness for intruding on the meeting. It was not my place to eves drop..." She kicked he ground slighlty as she walked.

"I simply...know so few in this new world that I find myself in...and...I did not know how to ask to join you all...It...did not seem right to ask Sailor Sabine...I do not think she cares for me much."

Kastra smiled as the woman spoke of Sabine. She understood what it meant to show one's age, and she knew that she more than likely was showing her own as she walked along slowly beside the veteran senshi. "I do not mean to speak ill of her, I am sorry." She blinked slowly, trying to stop herself from continuing to apologize. "She simply...our first meeting, was much like the meeting the other night."

She sighed and shook her head. No matter where she went she always felt as if she was the one that was wrong. That she was a fool for believing in peace. "I have been a senshi for only a few months time. Long enough to get into trouble, I guess. Though aside from my first encounter, I have not met with any more battles."

The words that came from the other, were words that the young senshi had heard in use, but never truly applied to others. So it was nice to know for certain that she was speaking of the correct things.

She shuddered for a moment at the mention of agents. She placing a hand over her heart for but a second before looking at the older woman. "It was an agent. From what I gathered she was rather new as well, but she was direct."

She pulled her coat tighter around her and curled her shoulders in. "I really wish it would get warm again. I am tired of winter.." She chuckled to herself, knowing it was just her way of rambling. She was nervous, and it showed in her words.

"I..my questions are more of a personal nature. I guess. Since coming into this war, I have felt like an outsider, like...everyone else is so ready to fight, and I am here scared o death."

Those words struck a cord with the young senshi. Her eyes slowly welling up with tears. She was not alone, she was not wrong to be a healer in this war of pain and suffering. It was good to know that someone, anyone understood. "Why is it...that people think that only those that fight are worth their time? Why do they forget the healers will be the ones saving them as they lay bleeding?"

She clenched her fists, she shaking her head to keep herself calm. "Phact, how is it you are so wise, and the others so cruel to me? It is not that I do not wish to help in this battle, I just...I do not know how to fight, and fighting...." She laughed lightly, she making motion to her eyes. "I do not think I could land a decent punch, at least not on target."