Silverlight Terrace Don't hold your breath

Tagging Auntie @Keres to be here babysitter so she doesn't get in trouble ^^
Note to self: takes place on the 16th

It had been a long time since Mintaka had been here - since summer, she recalled. But she'd been wanting to go back, and Auntie Keres had agreed to go with her tonight. Of course, that didn't mean that she had to have her immediately at her side, and Mintaka was fairly comfortable wandering a bit. As long as Keres was somewhere nearby, she figured her mother would be happy. 

She'd been wanting to revisit this place, not just because it was beautiful and she hadn't had the chance to truly experience it before, but also because part of her truly hoped the boy she'd met here before would be back. Of course, she knew it was unlikely that he'd just be lingering near the tree like before, but she wanted to check, regardless.

And in the dark, it would seem that he hadn't. The tree stood there, looking much different without most of its leaves, and from a distance she didn't see the dark shape that leaned against it. Still, she padded closer. 

It wasn't until she was almost right up on it that she finally saw the massive figure leaning against the tree, and at first didn't connect the dots. Surely there was no way Almight had gotten this big, right? He hadn't been much bigger than her to start with. 

"Hello," she greeted amiably, tail swaying behind her. It was better to be friendly with strangers, she'd found - even if this one wasn't really a stranger at all. "Is the tree comfortable to lean on?" Because it didn't really look like it would be.