Wild Berry Meadow the distance between us, it sharpens me like a knife

Ever since he found @Araceli, he remains close to her. It is a company he will never take for granted—their mutual patron in Toth being a source of conversation back in Minrathous, and now they both seek answers and finding Nirali and Eleni. Aldric does not wish to travel far from the area which he met Alarian—a fact he’s yet to spring on Araceli, too—but their search unfortunately does.

In the end, it will do him little good to linger, if the reasons why he’s been traveling so much these last few months stays lost.

His mind often toyed with the thought the goal is unreachable, yet with one sister found… his confidence grows. Together, they’ll be able to do this.

He glances towards her, giving a brief nod when their eyes meet… both of them had grown hungry, and started following water sources, in hopes of finding prey which is oddly scarce. Perhaps the infrequent tremors are a source of fear?

Forests break into an open meadow, and his golden gaze takes to searching the vast area. Bushes with brightly colored berries dot the area, but it is movement that catches his eye. Golden in coloration, an unknown male dips towards the water’s edge. Aldric pauses in his steps, and dark tipped ears high in alert with his head raised.

He hears a voice. Familiar, unmistakable.

His heart hammers, freezing, when he turns. Nirali, he whispers, Eleni. A dream once more? Does Araceli see them, too? Urging his body to move, his paws eventually unstick themselves and he picks up his pace—thundering across the meadow towards them.