Two Rivers Isle Kaleidoscope mind

Ooo... thanks for the tap! :D

As much as she wanted to be near Tegan all the damn time, Bat also knew she needed to get away for a bit and think. She needed to hash out what this crush meant, how she should behave and whether she should ever let Tegan know how she felt. Bat wished she could talk to someone about it—preferably someone female—but she wasn't yet close enough to any of the Redhawks outside of Tegan himself.

(When her mind whispered something about mothers, sisters and confidantes, Bat quickly shut down that thought, throwing up the mental equivalent of a concrete wall. She was now actively repressing all memories of Drageda in the hopes that she could simply forget them—and all the painfully mixed emotions tied to them—and move on with her life in blissful ignorance.)

She meandered today, paying no attention to her surroundings, caught up inside her own head. Bat only "came to" when she reached the riverbank forming one border of Two Rivers Isle. She stared across the water without expectation, then started when she saw a familiar figure sitting there and staring back. As soon as she recognized Apple, she felt a jolt of guilt.

"Apple, hey!" Bat called out to her, glad for the distraction, really. "I'm sorry about bailing on you last time! I, uh..." She trailed off in part because she didn't know what to say but also because something suddenly seemed a little off here... "Apple?"