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I am back

Seeing him like this, talking to an old, familiar friend relieved her immensely, as it proved behind the sometimes crumbling fear, Sullan was still himself. Slowly but surely, Shay began to shake off the worry and the thoughts about the time spent without him. Instead, she focused on the good and positive - a future ahead of them, together. While he spoke with Alma, she had distanced herself some and had begun to wander through the low-built isles of shelves, gaze wandering the various plants basking under the warm light of the sunshine seeping through the windows.

The smile on her lips widened a little as he seemed to take up the given task. Shay did not mind the fact he was a little unnerved, but she hid her worry in favor of allowing him some normality in this situation. Glancing around, she attempted to spot someone who’d sell what she was looking for, but it was indeed relatively crowded, making it a little difficult. Just as she wanted to lead him into a different direction, Sullan had luckily spotted the shop she searched. Actually, Shay used to know where it was, but she sometimes got a little lost in town, even after all this time.

He would have to get used to it again, Shay thought to herself as a brief shimmer of uncertainty seemed to hit Sullan while the two of them moved through the crowd in front of them. Two years could really change the whole situation, the town had flourished, and that might be a little intimidating, had he been living around the area for longer than her.

Over the past years, she had indeed adapted most of Sullan’s skills, especially when it came to the spellbook and the usage of the written words on the pages. Shay had practiced a lot, and sometimes it had gone wrong, but nothing ever went as wrong as it did the day he disappeared. Not even the locals could help her back then, but now she was an expert regarding the whole book and every single useful spell in it.

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They made their way back to the cabin and entered, no fear of something following, lurking in the shadows, and she was glad about it. After the defeat of the creature which had latched onto her for a while, Shay did not have to turn and observe, she could take every single step with confidence and without any worries. 

The comfort of having his arms so naturally wrap around her once again warmed her from the inside out, and her smile widened further with the following gentleness of her lover, the sweet kiss to her forehead, the very light tug she felt in her hair as he toyed with a few strands. Sullan had agreed to leave their forest for a while and head into town, Shay really welcomed the change of scenery, and they could use the stop to retrieve some important things, maybe even get a job, though she had put Sullan under quarantine for a few weeks.

Shay noticed his peculiar tone, and her expression immediately softened. He did not deserve this torture, the after-effects of his hard time away from this forest, away from safety. She felt sorry for him, for the fact all of this had happened, and that she gave up searching. However, nothing would change the outcome, so the redhaired pushed her guilt away, and instead focused on Sullan. On the tiny scratches on his face, the expression, the way the sun reflected in his eyes. 

The suspicion intensified as he did not complete his sentence. Silence was a weapon, it could work on someone’s mind just as torturing as loud noises, and she knew the human mind sometimes filled the silence with eerie voices and calls that would drive you insane. She wouldn’t want him to be bothered by something she did not want for Sullan. Perhaps it would fade with time, so for now, she brushed it off, figuring that he was going to be fine anyway. 

Little did she know what kinds of fear Sullan must have suffered through, along with the after effects, the damage that had been done permanently on him after such a mistake had happened. She was completely clueless, kneeling there to make sure the traps wouldn’t go off, taking them apart step by step. Perhaps, even though he was so close to her right now, he was further gone than she wanted him to. Shay slowly rose from the dirt floor and cleaned the knees of her pants, brushing off the dust that had settled. Her eyes flicked over to Sullan, checking how he was doing, but something seemed to be off.

It was a very positive thing for her to see that Sullan still seemed to be interested in what was going on around the forest, wanted to get back into the matter, so she was eager to provide him the needed information for this. “Well, the traps are simple, to alert me. If something steps in I can hear it, as I have little bells attached to the wires. Most of them work like this but there are a few others I used to hold down the...thing with. They never seemed to work though, I am almost sure it avoided them, outsmarted me,” Shay explained to Sullan as the two continued their path through the forest. 

Finally, it seemed like he had regained some of his senses, and gave Shay a break. At least when it came to the worrying part. He was not in top-form, far from it, and he had to recover before they could do anything major, but he also had to get back on track, she gave him that. So, once he embraced her and she was comforted enough by these words, her worries soothed for the moment, she parted from the hug and nodded a little.

"I will be stubborn about this too," Shay was quick to respond because he couldn't expect her to actually let loose on this subject five minutes after they finished the last argument. She was about to head down a familiar path into the forest as she had to turn around again to face her beloved. "Sullan....I don't want you to run around alone here," she began to explain. Shay had a look of defeat on her face. "What if you go out there and just don't come back? What if something happens and I am not there?" Her voice clearly gave away her emotions.

This was acceptable for her. He saw the point she was making, and he seemed to be understanding enough for Shay to start relaxing again, a much-needed thing right now. After releasing the softest sigh, and loosening her arms, letting them fall down to her sides she finally nodded. “Alright,” the redhead began, and attempted to work up a weak smile. “I guess I can live with that”. He may not be used to sitting around, but he was smart enough to know about the possible consequences if he was pushing himself too hard now.

Shay let him leave and take some distance from her, it seemed to be what he needed this moment, but she did take another few seconds before she finally responded to him. “And I am simply asking you to take a while longer to recover. I have no idea what you had to endure out there, so all I am asking from you is to take a step back. After last night I could need a while off as well...”