Altar of Twilight but that was just a dream

A sudden look of shock touches her expression, a thought that goes beyond Aiolos. He sees it and a single ear turns back against his skull in wonder but just like she who turns away, so does he. He looks to the pallid rocks which mimicked her own coloration, the moon's light dancing over her and the rocks in this Alter of Twilight.  

He wonders what she might have thought. Wonders if it was his mentioning of 'Goddesses' which took her back, but he says nothing. She changes the subject then and he is accepting of it. Maybe a few weeks, a month? I'd like to meet you with Huojin, I think before we return home after these rains subside. He says this but as it would turn out it would be quite a time longer and with no Houjin, either. 

Until then? He speaks, stopping his movements from the stroll they had been taking. He didnt want to cut their time together short, as he truly enjoyed being with her, but knew enough he should be heading back to the forest, especially if he didnt want to get caught in the next storm.