Ravensblood Forest brief encounters

Tiarnán slunk gracefully away, and the feeling cooled. Bazi watched him with wide, glassy eyes, acknowledging but not quite understanding his apologetic look with a soft nod and a softer smile. Before she could say anything, he had melted into the darkness. Bazi remained where she was, curious to see if the encounter would end there - if this was it.

He was.. sweet. But so was Ferdie - and Bones, and neither of them made her blood rush through as though it were late for something. As frustrating as it was, there was something wonderfully mysterious about the language barrier. Even if Tiarnán had wanted to answer her question, he couldn't - and she was equally incapable of telling him about the strange feelings he had roused in her.

Her own name rang out in the darkness, startling the ghostly female out of her thoughts. Without a word, she loped into the trees, reflecting even the dimmest ambient light as though it were the full glare of the moon. She tracked Tiarnán's now instantly recognizable scent to a dip in the ground, sheltered by the roots of the fallen tree that had created it. She would need to bathe in the morning, but it would do as a temporary refuge. "Thank you," she told him smilingly, and stepped delicately into the bowl. "Sleep?"