Moonspear Meet the family

The ice seemed to be broken somewhat by the breaching of the puppy subject, and Nikai smiled at Dirge as he said that he was surprised to see Alya settled. Nikai honestly was rather surprised by this, too - he hadn't expected that she would fall into his arms when he returned to Moonspear. He had expected even less for her to agree to come to Easthollow with him. You and me both, Nikai said with a light grin. He might've normally chuckled, but the recent affairs had put a blanket of sorts over them all where there was no room for such joviality, Nikai included.

Nikai nodded when Dirge said they'd thought of going east to see them. Yeah, their bond seems to be really strong. When I first met Alya, they were with the three of them. I could barely believe my eyes. Admittedly, it was a little odd thinking about how Dirge was with Hydra and Nikai with Alya. Did that mean they were similar in some way too..? Or did the girls differ enough? Nikai didn't know Hydra and Lyra well enough to say. We were intending to stay only over the summer. But I guess we'll see how it goes now, with these new developments. Nikai nervously thought of his missing leg, but then again, he had practised to make the rest of his body stronger in the meantime.