now you're falling away

Though she had been on the lookout, prowling the lands as though a watchful, oddly lupine cat, she had begun to doubt that her Prince was intending to return. She did not know what had broken his ties to this pack, but whatever it was, she had silently cursed it for once more causing her to fail. She had not tried to follow though. This was where her fellow guards would return. This was where perhaps he would return. And by the time her doubts surfaced the trail had again run cold.

She was leaving again when she saw him, another trip to wander these cursed lands and perhaps make her stay here worth something. The familiar form made her pause, and though she was relieved to see him once more here, she approached slowly. They had not spoken much since his realization of the truth in her tale and she wasn't sure of his regard for her.

"You have returned." It was said without much emphasis, but there was no edge either. Manauia wasn't the type for happy, friendly greetings but it would be a lie to say she wasn't glad to see him. Even devoid of memory he was still a reminder of home, the only one she had right now.