Gyrfalcon's Keep she fooled me twice and it's all my fault

she's been a mess since her meeting with zamael, able to focus on little aside from the aching hole in her heart where her brother ought to be. it's so terribly unfair for them to be separated, she thinks; in all this wide cruel world they have only each other, and that has been taken from them. so she wanders the coast, half-hoping she will find the family member she seeks. some part of her remains too jaded to truly hope, but hope is her only solace in athris' absence. she needs to think he might be out there somewhere, within reach, or she may just go as crazy as everyone thinks she is. ironically, she misses his scent, wrapped up in her own melancholy and loneliness. in fact, she misses all signs of his presence until she's nearly upon him — and then she sees him, and her eyes go wide and she flings herself against him without caring if it lands them both on the ground. athris! she cries out, covering his face in kisses whether he finds this greeting agreeable or not.