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She tilted her head and looked down at him. "If you want to fly, you just have to ask nicely." A grin appeared on her lips. The air at his feet playfully twirled around him, kicking up the leaves and dust. "And miss the opportunity to be rescued by a dashing knight? Never." She said with a smirk. "They'd never catch me anyway."

"See, i'm not sure our definitions would be the same when it came to flying. Have you made another person fly?" He grinned tilting his head curiously as he watched the leaves move around his feet. "Aw, you know I'll always be your knight Darlin', you've only gotta ask."

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Since arriving to town, Raelynn had spent the majority of her time hiding in her room afraid to leave, yet it was leaving her with a lot of pent up energy and emotions which was never a good thing. If there was one thing that being trapped on that island helped her realise it was that she needed some kind of outlet in order to stop the pressure building inside her. When she first arrived to town and completed her orientation to the hotel she had requested access to some kind of gym, it was there that they had suggested putting her forward to some self defence training.

Seeing Reyhan's smile made his own grow. He laughed lightly at her squeal and nodded. "Of course!" He smiled. "What is it?"

"Paella?" Or at least it's what she hoped it was, providing she had followed the recipe correctly. Spinning back round she grabbed a bowl and began dishing some for them both to try. "You can tell me if it's bad."

"There's no cheating in fate." She winked back. She didn't believe in fate or that nonsense. But, she had the powers to use so she had to use them. Being a caged bird was not on her agenda. Ever. "You're terrible. How can you eat that in front of other people and feel no empathy?" She fake pouted.

"How is fate involved in this?" Reyhan questioned confused, her head tilting ever so slightly as she looked at her friend in question. "It's chocolate." She stated matter of fact, as if that was a clear enough answer. Most people who knew her, knew of her love for chocolate, if not slight obsession. "I don't know how else you want me to answer that."

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Pads almost had whiplash from the speed he turned to look at his so called friend, a look of fake outrage and offence passing over his expression. "I can't believe you'd say such a thing. First Teddy, now you. Some friends you appear to be." He sniffed dramatically in indignation. "Fou-- Jay, what are you doing?" Genuine confusion filled him as he watched his friend disappear. Paddy was about to peer into the bush when all of a sudden a four legged fur ball came charging out causing him to burst out laughing. "You can't be serious?"

Yunjun blinked, and then a pink tinge spread over his cheeks. "Oh," he looked down, feet shuffling before he looked up. "I thought - well, you know - I guess that's stupid. But your sister... that's nice! How long have you been doing that?" He looked back up there. "Is it because of the stars? Or the moon? Or do you like the clouds too?" Pulled from his questions, he opened his mouth to answer her question... but he'd spent so long waiting that: "I - uh, can't remember."

Lux's eyes widened when she realised where his thoughts had gone "No, oh god no. Well, at least I hope not." She found herself rushing to explain as she fumbled over her words to correct herself. "She's-- we've, uh, we've been separated for a while." How else was she to explain that he sister had been ripped away from her purely because they were different. "We've done it since we were kids. Sort of like a yin and yang thing I guess you could say?" Lux found herself struggling to explain without revealing too much, after all you couldn't be too careful with what you say to others these days. "Erm, the moon. You'll see it no matter where you are, where as you can't always see the stars."

Dessa watched the shadows for a while longer before being drawn back by Raelynn's words. How do you cope with it? She wish she knew. "You," she began hesitantly, "must embrace it. And hope, after, that you find the light."

"No. No, Dess, I can't." Rae shook her head in denial, the thought alone terrified her causing her anxiety to heighten. The words sounding to close to lectures she had heard repeatedly over the years, telling her to just accept and embrace her power. She buried her head her arms, her own thoughts and memories taking over.

Nico raised his brows at her question. As if it mattered how old he was. She thought people couldn't come to conclusions about the state of the world, or life, at any age? "Old enough."

Rowan pursed her lips in thought, he looked to be about her brother's age. Just the thought of him had sadness filling her, let alone the thought or possibility of him being anywhere near as jaded as the man in front of her.

"Absolutely. That is the first challenge. A rousing speech about your dedication and love for us." James said, over-the-top. "A threat. I like it." He wiggled his eyebrows.

"Oh, well in that case I'm going to have to respectfully decline." She shook her in fake sadness, with a dramatic look staring off into the distance. "Oh, trust me, Jameson. You wouldn't be able to handle me."

"You echo their words." Odessa said, frowning a little at the memories of what they would say when she wasn't cooperating. "A creature..." She pondered. "Who could rip you apart, too." She worried for Xavier's safety if such a thing came into existence.

"No, no, no. They're far too stupid and no where near enough as cool." Xav tutted with a shake of his head and gave her a final pat on the hand. "The key is to bargain, Little Bird. It would be a mutually beneficial arrangement."

Reyhan sat staring at her phone as she tried to get a read on his message, unable to tell the tone of it. Was he genuinely okay with her or was it something that she should be worried about later. It had been some time when she finally began her response, figuring it would be better to ignore the first message and attempt to continue the conversation with joking.

Yunjun smiled, moving closer to her as he realised he'd been right in the first place. "Then it smells delicious!" He assured her, peering around her to see what it was she was making.

Reyhan couldn't help the beaming smile that pulled at her lips from the compliment, feeling pleased with her self at the success and his praise. It had been a while since she had received anything like that. A little squeal of delight escaped as she clapped her hands. "Would you like to try some?" She questioned hopefully.

Nico huffed, crossing arms over his chest. "It'd be delusion to think any different." He agreed.

"How old are you exactly?" Rowan tilted her head in curiosity. For someone so young he definitely had a jaded look on life, not that it was surprising considering the world they lived in.