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     To be honest, she knew in the back of her mind what the goal of today’s walk was. Though Terra had tried to tell herself it had been for no reason in particular, she knew all along what she really wanted to get out of this ‘walk’... Or rather, what she had been hoping to find. 

     One couldn’t truly blame her, though. After all, love makes anyone do the silliest things, even if they know that it may prove to be fruitless. In this instance, she didn’t want anything at all... Instead, she wanted to find someone specifically.

     Surprisingly enough for the half-esper, it didn’t take terribly long to find him.

     A few yards away she can see him, sitting on a bench almost half slumped over. Though she still isn’t too finely attuned to the feelings of others with him, she can already tell what overwhelms him. The sadness he radiates is so palpable and honestly, it hurts the esperkin’s heart. Though she wishes to embrace him immediately, Terra instead wishes to make a more light-hearted approach to try and bring a smile upon his face.

     To try and ease his aching soul.

     So quietly does she walk up behind the bench now, taking a moment’s pause... Before she leans over his slumped frame, her face now upside down and opposite to his own. His eyes are closed, it seems; had he been sleeping?

“I’d rather choke.”

      ❝ ... I think choking is worse than meeting new people, ❞ she pauses. 

❝ Tell that to the vendors selling them all over here. My ice cream would melt before I could get away in time to bring it out of hiding! And we shouldn’t have to live in fear over the reign of these birds, right? ❞

      ❝ Hmm... Maybe, ❞ the blonde hums in thought, bringing a hand up to her chin as she seemingly plans something within her mind.

             ❝  in your defense, it is not an instinct that comes so easily to everyone, regardless of who they are or from whence they came. had i not been made vividly aware of my own feelings, i would not have acted upon them.  ❞

     At his own admission, Terra can’t help but look away almost sheepishly for once. Truthfully, she wouldn’t have realized either had he not said anything in the first place and brought everything into perspective...

      ❝ So... I know Valentine’s Day was a while ago but what I was making for you wasn’t finished yet, ❞ comes the confession of the esperkin now, her arms behind her back as she looks down at the ground for a moment. While she’s a little ashamed of how long it took to perfect his gift, Terra is glad she spent more time on making his present as great as she knows it should be. She’d much rather give him something she knows she can make look nice instead of something half-heartedly made or bought.

   It’s small and perhaps, in retrospect, a silly thought... But Terra had come up with the idea of perhaps doing something a little different with her hair for once. She always had haphazardly thrown it up into a ponytail and... Well, with the new year already here, the esperkin figured she’d try to do something a little different this time.

   However, she can’t quite seem to decide on what to do with it. Currently, she has finished putting it up into one large braid but she doesn’t seem entirely satisfied with the outcome.

     While Terra is used to the company of being around others by now, it’s still rather... Strange, to be this close with people she isn’t terribly familiar with. As a result, she finds herself in a corner quietly sipping her drink, curiously watching everyone in the distance go about their time in the party.

      ❝ Always be happy... And enjoy their normal upbringing... I know you don’t think so but, ❞

      ❝ That just means... You were always a better person than I am... Than I could ever hope to be. ❞