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There was once a crow, that shook down one day on me, the dust of winter snow, from a large billowing tr-

Who was singing? the song was melodious and soft, he...just....wan- Slowly Ree opened his eyes, dull blue light barely glowed as he focused on the person in front of him as memory took a second or two before rushing back in. No! eye-widen as he moved to push off, only to close his hands around the smaller set already in his hand. He clenched her hands within his own and took a deep breath before lowering back down, his wounds hurting painfully but he was already breathing and pushing it away just to function while at the same time pulling in his intimidation aura in again.

A room with a window, this was not a cell. Taking a deep breath he let it out again slowly looking at Hexxis. "Hexxis?" he said softly, his voice sounding scratchy while activated his own healing power, almost sending it to her before pushing it to him. (( Healing(lvl 4): 4 6-sided dice: 4, 1, 3, 5 Total: 13 (4-24) Ree: 66HP))

Ree had a hint of regret on his face as she pulled away but made no move to stop her as she left. "I see.." his voice sounded a little cold but he was laying back down on his stomach.

Taking a second or two he turned and pushing himself up to a sitting position in one go, clenching his teeth as wounds protested and reopened only to be soaked up by the bandages that had been placed on his wings. Bandage? a flicker of surprised cross his face as he looked at Ashral's work. "...." he looked up at Ashral quietly thinking before looking at the rest of the room as if confirming they weren't back at the base or any of the ...rooms below.

His face drew in pain as he got to his feet, letting his wings drag behind him as he moved to Ashral and knelt down by her. A small part of his mind noticing the lack of wound that should have been there and was now mirrored on Ashral.

"♫There was once a crow, that shook down on me, the dust of winter....♫" he said softly trailing off at the part he could not remember while taking the bandage from her. "Thank you" he said sincerely as he held the gauze in his hand. "Transfer them to me....i'll heal myself in the next day or so, if you think we are safe. What happened?" he asked in a soft whisper a small part of his mind still in a haze as he forced himself not to think about what had happened only to focus on keeping himself relax and what Ashral had to say.

Ree blinked back at her tiredly, wondering if he had misstep trying to sing the song but she didn't look angry..murderous or enraged. Just curious and something else he wasn't sure of.

As she spoke he look down at the gauze in his hand then the first aid kit near her, pulling it closer. A flash of deep pain crossed his face as she mentioned killing two people, it was defense...Ashral would have done it anyways but it still didn't change the fact that this shouldn't have happened either the deaths or Hexxis getting hurt. That he should have moved around this differently, waited longer and tried to contact Kae... Or rested a day or two then taunted them to use Hexxis and went to look for Tri and Mara who could pull out Melody and Leukos. Or anything else...Post sight was perfect as usual.

"Kae? And Zira...." He let a very faint smile touch his face through the guilt and pain, it faded a second later unable to be sustained. Kae fought sword to sword with Ashral? Kae really must be really good to go toe to toe with her until Hexxis ran, something he was not going to comment with present company. Zira's actions also said that either she or Kae didn't think they were responsible for what happened at parley? He had no idea, it was just one big mess other than he was sure he didn't kill (Criel) and he misstep badly again only this time those people weren't coming back from the dead.


Hm, Modified first aid kit. There were a few things he was pretty sure first aid kits normally didn't bring with them. Looking back at her now he glanced toward the wounds, wanting to force the issue and have it sent back to him so he could heal it but at the same time... Everything felt so ..tenuous as if life, the world, etc could end at any moment. It was an odd feeling. ((Singularity: 1 left. (overdose(tranq),bloodloss:during trip. Unconscious activation of heal))

He was also so tired, not sure how long he could keep a partial trance he had going before he just curled up into a pained, emotional and physical, partially concious ball somewhere on the floor. That was what he was trying not to do now, not in front of Ashral.

"Sorry, I woke up with it in my head. I won't sing it again if you mind " he said quietly pulling out a glue like canister from the kit "pain" he warned dully and waited encase she stopped him before attempting to grab the edges of the bleeding wound and dripping the glue on it before waiting.

"....She's ooolldd. I didn't know she could do that either " he said quietly trying to smile but it looked more like a grimace as he finally let go, checking the wound before finally wrapping it up in a gauze and moving to the next one.

"I can afford to take another wound if it helps... I would be fine."

This time he looked up and frowned disapproving "Yea...lets say you did but lets not. " this time there was a bare hint of a smirk as he looked back down, only realizing he should have offered her something to bite on as she rested her head against his arm ."Sorry " he said unnecessarily but still feeling it as he reached and grabbed a second gauze with his clean fingers and moved to offer it to her only to stop as she started singing.

He paused to listen, the glow of his eyes strengthening a little as he laughed with a pain look. Finally he looked down at her smiling " Mrrr...mrrow?" he lowered his head automatically and gently touched heads with her, just wanting to on a whim before he pulled back and turned to look at the wound, feeling woozy."I like that song, is that part of the first?" he kept on smiling but it was less by second as he took the wound and pinched it and did the same between the pause and his question, automatically lifting a wing to rest it against her bracing.

Only then did he let his gaze wander looking for another wound before stopping on the inhibitors and paling. "SH**......How long was I out since we arrive?" he motioned to her inhibitor, his mind trying to wake up at the surge of adrenaline spiked through him.

"Even if they tracked us...It'll be a while before they can get here... we likely have some down time. And if they come, I will protect you."

Trying to calm down now was almost out of the question as his mind raced with what she said after her collar sparked. Two days? .... They have been here two days with the tracker up and no one had reached them by either ground or air? That didn't sound right, they would have sent all of the armor units after them unless they were still recovering from Parley. They possibly had the place watched for now as they figured out what to do with a "traitor" and a malice.

Even if they did...then what? They both had to rest, neither of them was exactly in any condition to start a fight. he just hated the idea of waiting to be attacked without a more defensible area or even a plan other than fight back. But if that happened...he'll order Ashral to just go. Criel would likely want him alive preferably to make an example of...even if his dead body would amount to the same. Ashral...Hexxis, they would want their weapon back and they could take her back. She would defend but they knew her weakness and staying would just insure she gets captured.

Letting out a slow breath he fixed on that plan without telling her anything. If she was anything similar to Tri, he knew how she was would react to that and it wouldn't be good.

Taking a closer glance at her, looking for more wounds, he eventually put the glue kit back into the first aid and closed it tiredly blinking as she started to sing. Focusing on the new verse he carefully more one of his non-injured wings around her while slowly pulling the other over him. an impromptu blanket.

He frowned as he listened, this one was not as nice as the first two as he tried to bring up what she said before the realization of the collar. Old enough to have known Kae with a brother long dead who taught her the song. He wondered if is she noticed that he had forgotten what she was. A malice yes, but the word itself and its concoctions had been lost to him until this moment since waking. Currently he didn't even feel like he could bring up the will to look suspicious and why should he, actions spoke louder than words.

"Don't be the dog" he muttered softly, wishing for a moment he had the extra energy to spare and summon the cat, it would have been fitting and he ..would have liked to see her smile again. "Be the cat...cats are better anyways?" he tried to flash her a slight smile "or the crow, they like to play tricks...like dropping acorns on people heads as well as snow. Or chasing you in a flock if you fly to close to their nest" he sigh softly, grabbing on to the two more hopeful verses, because the dog staying in one place with no one to talk to, no one to unburden on and dying with all that guilt was just sad. The first two were about movement and hope, even if he was very partial to the cat one. Due to it being the more light one out of the three and the fact Ashral had smiled, without it being a dark I-am-going-to-dance-in-your-blood type one either. A smile, a genuine one as far as he could tell. He was almost sure Kae would have told him something negative about it too. He wasn't even trying ... he was just reacting.

"Rest then but....do you mind if I try learning the song?" he said softly, not sure how she would take that. She did say it was something between her and her brother, it was almost like butting in but at the moment his mind was wide awake while his body just wanted to curl up and sleep through the pain and weakness.

"Maybe there was a time when I was the dog... a very long time ago... but maybe I am the cat now... just looking for something...maybe I'm still looking for him deep down.."


Then they both were the cat or the person it talked too, looking for something that might not be there but hoping it is and that they'll find it. The light dimmed in his eyes as the memory of cat-like green eyes stared back at him, a whisper of a memory that appeared and was gone,leaving the feeling of sadness and failure in its wake. He closed his own eyes and took a slow deep breath..darn it.

Opening his eyes again he focus on Ashral, intent on asking her about her brother and the reason she was still searching when he meet her gaze. She looked happy again, genuinely happy. He could only nod and look away, looking faintly embaressed that his request to learn such a private song made her so happy. Slowly he sang back the lyrics at each pause, memorizing it in the same way he would memorize important document he would need to repeat.

"The song is very special to me...I guess you are too now."

He was relaxing as he sang, opening his eyes again as they reached the final verse and he was already repeating it in his head to see if he had everything when her comment and apology made him blink in suprise. Glancing down at her he watched her stare off into the rest of the room with confusion. Was it because he agreed to the deal? Would she had eventually warmed up to Tri if he had accepted as well? A flicker of anger rose up at that thought but eventually dissipated just as quickly. He didn't know and that wasn't the point right now.

Taking a breath to respond he paused and released it watching her get up seemingly angry and just leave. He made no movement to stop her other than to lean his head back against the wall behind him and close his eyes with a breathy sigh. Great.

Ree was wide awake, listening with a hush breath at the sound of metal on metal and Ashral's quiet voice sounding troubled as she talked to herself. Her brother...that he was not her brother, was he that similiar? Is that who she was looking for? And if so why?

Wings shifted painfully closer to him as he heard footsteps coming back to the room, readying his telekinetic ability just enc-" ....." He stared at Ashral holding out a bag of beef jerky to him with splashes of some kind of sauce all over her face and stared. He was just going to be serious on the matter, but maybe he started to shaky a little...perhaps his mouth had lifted slightly at the corners and was exhaling a little to rhythmically . No ...no of course he was not laughing at her nope ......yep yep he was. Now, death by beef jerky in the eye.

The glow in his eyes rose dramatically as he tried to get up while laughing so at least he didn't give her the upper hand."S-sorry...there is ...food?" He grinned painfully , moving to hold one of the wounds with a free hand while looking at the bag. It took him a few more tries before he got it under control. "Save those...we will need them when leaving but we can at least eat one now as we figure out what to clob together" feeling better much better, with food he can use his healing ability without worry about cannibalizing himself.


A quick glance in the kitchen's direction saw more of the same sauce ,that decorated Ashral, on the floor all around a heavily bent can. RIP pooooor unfortunate can ♫.