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@Xahi backdated to Alarian and Korea’s disappearance.

They were gone and his world was falling into pieces. He paced rhythmically back and forth, a doomed metronome. His chest heaved up and down, anxiety poked at every nerve in his body. Little curses shot out of his mouth occasionally like tiny fireworks. ”Where are they? Where are they?” He begged for answers from no one, but he saw no other solution. It was Margot all over again, they were gone and it was his fault. He vowed to never let them get in trouble again, and now they were gone. The lingering possibility of death looked closer with every hour that passed since their disappearance. 


Images of their fret flashed across Lennon’s mind, each one a painful stab. He finally stopped the ongoing circular steps and howled up towards the mocking sky, his voice filled with unconsolable pain. His life was gripped by fate and thrown into a ravine, it was pointless without them. ”Korei!” He sobbed, ”Alarian!”

Xahi padded slowly through the land, a thin layer of snow crunching underneath her paws as she walked along. Things had been...strange lately. She had not spoken with Lennon since the bite, which was causing her creeping anxiety. The girl let out a soft breath as she made her way towards...somewhere. Although she had come to terms with the fact that she did have residual anger from her mother's death, the girl was still slightly surprised by her outburst. Xahi began to drift down her rabbit's-hole of thoughts as she pondered what could have caused her to-

     "Where are they? Where are they?" A voice called out affrightedly-wait, that wasn't just any voice, it was Lennon's! Xahi furiously sprinted towards his alarmed calls, skidding to a stop when she reached him. By now, the woman was becoming increasingly terrified, as she realized his desperate pleas were for their companions, Alarian and Korei. "Lennon! What's going on? What's wrong?" The sylph's eyes were wide with concern as she approached him. The girl started to reach out to nuzzle him, but abruptly halted her movements, coiling her long neck back in with a fierce prick of sadness.