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Their days had started to settle into a comfortable sort of rhythm once they had cautiously found their boundaries and had gotten used to being around each other. Nell had cut back on the clients she had picked up to fill up her free time, and a good chunk of the day was free for her to spend with Dair, trying to get him to (slowly) experience as much of life as possible.

Mornings, though, had settled into a distinct pattern. Both were early risers, and after a bit of futzing around with breakfast and getting dressed, they were out of the door and off to one of the various parks nearby. For Nell it was a chance to get some fresh air and get some running in before work, and for Dair it was a chance to soak up some nature that wasn't the beach. At first Nell had Dair tag along with her on her run, often with him holding onto her shoulders and trailing after her, but after a bit of convincing she let him wander off on his own as long as he stuck near the path where she could keep an eye on him.

So stick to the path he did, finding a bench that was tucked away near a grove of trees, waving to Nell each time she jogged by and watching everyone else who walked by curiously (Usually once they noticed him they started walking a bit faster).

Nell, unfortunately, had just rounded the next bend as Ethiriel approached, or else she would have immediately made a beeline for the newly grown (to her, at least) Raevan. So Dair was surprised, to say the least, when the next person who came into his field of vision wasn't quite the same as the runners he had been seeing all morning.

His head swiveled around to look at the other Raevan (another Raevan!) fully, eyes widening slightly as he took in her appearance, faintly similar to his own, though she seemed to have much more of a body than he did. Fingers drummed lightly on the seat of the bench for a moment before he seemed to come to a decision and slowly floated a bit closer to the strange Raevan.

"Hello...?" His voice was hesitant and he stopped a good distance away from her, not quite sure exactly how to proceed beyond that. But completely ignoring her, he knew, would be beyond rude. Besides, how often is it that you randomly come across someone like this?

little does he know it is very often, oops

That was certainly an unusual reaction. Not that he had terribly much experience to judge against, but she almost looked afraid. But he waited a few moments, head tilted to the side slightly as he watched her. She eventually relaxed, or tried to at least, and he inched forwards a bit closer.

"Yes," he said after a moment of consideration. "Yes, I suppose I am. My name is Dair..." He trailed off uncertainly, though, wondering if perhaps he shouldn't have approached her. Surely if something had been terribly wrong the dog wouldn't be so calm (he thought so, at least, this pretty much being his first personal encounter with one), but the amount of nervousness in her posture was clear as day.

"Are...you alright?" Maybe if Nell were here she could at least mediate their meeting or ease some of her nervousness, but a quick look around showed her to be nowhere in sight.

Dair's own stance relaxed slightly as Ethiriel's did, and though it was probably a bit pointless to do, he inclined his own head in a bow in return.

"There is nothing to apologize for, I appreciate your concern. " Though what, exactly, she was concerned about was still a bit of a mystery to him. He hadn't been burned, as far as he was aware, and what he knew of his essence didn't seem to indicate much of a chance of burning either. But, ah, there was something else that that could be the cause.

"My essence is called a cursed hag stone, " his words were a bit hesitant, not quite sure of how being made of a supposedly cursed item would be taken by others. "My soul was struck by lightning though, so that might be it?" A look down at his hands showed no burnt wood (bark? Skin? He wasn't sure the proper word for it), but he also caught a glimpse of the scars that cruised his chest and shoulders. Well, guess it has more of an effect on him than he thought.

"Yes, an oak tree, " He held up his hands for further clarification only to have them drop back down to his side only a moment later. Right, that wouldn't be very useful to her would it. He made a quiet, surprised noise at her next comment, edging a bit closer in interest.

Another plant soul, how about that! He might have been able to guess that from her wings at least, but the metallic quality of her branches had thrown him off slightly. "There are many with plant souls, then?" A bit of the formality left his voice as his curiosity started to win out over politeness.

"Really?" He couldn't quite keep the hint of wonder out of his voice as he imagined the multitudes of others out there who were like him. Or, at least more like him than most people. "I haven't met any others yet, actually, it would be nice to..." Nell would definitely have to be asked about that. She would know more of them, wouldn't she? There was an impatient sort of huff from him as he looked down at his hands, picking absently at a loose piece of bark on the back of one of his fingers, though he stopped abruptly when he noticed something a bit closer to the ground.

"Oh! I almost forgot, how rude of me. Who is your friend?" With a smile he hovered lower so he was closer to being eye-level with Nedhudir, pressing his hands against the ground to keep himself steady.

"Hello, Nehudir," he said quietly, simply staying where he was for a few moments, seemingly content with that simple greeting. With a much larger smile and a quick bob of his head towards the dog he pushed himself back up from the ground and back to his normal floating level. "Five years? Does it take that long to-"

"Ooooooooh my god, Ethiriel!" Nell jogged up to the two Raevans, breathing heavily as she had sprinted down the last part of the path to make sure that Dair hadn't gotten into any trouble. "It's so good to see you again! You look so good, what the heck!" She planted her fists on her hips, looking over to Dair with an expression that seemed to be saying 'right???'. The look Dair gave her back didn't give her much of an answer.

"I see you two have already met! You here by yourself today?"

And even though she couldn't see it, it was still easy to pick out Nell's large grin in her voice. "Hasn't been too long at all, really, " she said fondly, reaching over to try and smooth out some of Dair's hair which had gotten rather disheveled. With an irritated look he batted her hand away, which only made her laugh. "I'm glad you ran into each other though, I've been trying to figure out a good way to get him to meet people that isn't too, hmmm, overwhelming."

"Oh gosh, that's not too hard to do at all, sem to do that more than anything else these days. But we'll have to see about setting something up, huh? " At this she looked over at Dair for his input.

"I would like that."