Swiftcurrent Creek Do you believe in life after love?

he couldn't believe his ears. truly—the call went up, and aditya froze, positive he was within a dream. he wandered, dazed, to the border. . .and there they were, the sisters. dawn, and—

blackbear! adi cried out, remembering the name she'd chosen for herself the last time they'd met. he rushed toward them, giving dawn an affectionate look before turning to the other, the girl he'd once known, so grown up. . . my god, how are you? where have you been?

unlike most ghosts from his past, he had parted with easy fairly amicably, although perhaps her joy to see him would be tempered, should she know about his violence on wheeling gull isle. nevertheless, he couldn't stop himself from grinning, waiting for her response and looking her over, marveling at all the ways she'd changed and yet stayed so much the same.