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[arrowonthewind.livejournal.com]

[In the hall just outside room 1112, there are two stems of pink bellflowers in a rather plain glass vase. There is a card attached, with a short message in a flowing and somewhat old-looking script.]

Ino.
Your assistance in our assault on Arthas was to our benefit.
I realize this may be considered overdue, but I assure you I am being genuine in my thanks.
I hope I may continue to consider you an ally in future endeavors.
- Alleria

[Leroy.]
[She'll pause after penning the filter, taking a moment to reflect on the last time she'd spoken to this person.

Ah. It really had been quite awhile, hadn't it? For a brief moment, she considers dismissing the idea altogether. But then again, she was a Windrunner, and she stayed true to her word above all else.

Dictated!] Leroy. I believe I still owe you a meal.
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[These deeds done, Alleria can be found out on the grounds, bow slung across her back, sword at her hip. She needed a small break from hovering over Vereesa. The time spent with her sisters at Mineas Well had been overdue and greatly appreciated, but she was wary -- how much had changed while she was absent? What dangers lurked here that weren't there before?

Apart from the shiny new big evil dragon, of course.]

[ooc. open in personnnnn]

Comments

[thelifemeddler.livejournal.com]

[HAHAHAHA YEAH... but he doesn't remark on that.]

Many thought the Destroyer to be dead... I fear the absence of Rhonin has made her more desperate in ways.

[arrowonthewind.livejournal.com]

[There's a short pause here -- she's still smarting from the absence of her own pet human, sob.]

We must all learn to deal with loss. It is the very nature of this place.

[thelifemeddler.livejournal.com]

It is the very nature of life itself, though we do not wish it so. Strengthening one's bonds with others also shores up the heart in spite of grief. Vereesa understands this.

[His eyes settle on Alleria. Even cloaked, she can probably feel that gaze...

And then he glances away.]

[arrowonthewind.livejournal.com]

[As Krasus looks away, Alleria squints at him. She isn't quite sure what he meant by that -- a gentle reprimand for treating Vereesa as a child? An understanding of her own pain? Or something else?

Fortunately, she doesn't have very much patience for such complexities. It's why Farstriders don't make very good diplomats.]

Of course. Sadly, our people are well acquainted with loss and grief. I am only glad that I have not witnessed those that bow under its pressure.

[thelifemeddler.livejournal.com]

[He doesn't shed any light on his words either. He is ever the mystery.]

I think they are glad not to have been witnessed. Few things suddenly straighten the lost ones save a keen authority.

[That could be a compliment, an observation, and a bit of teasing all in one. THAT TEMPER...]

[arrowonthewind.livejournal.com]

Hmm. [She chuckles lightly, deciding that it was teasing. Mostly.]

I only wish the residents here were more accepting of my, ah, "authority."

[thelifemeddler.livejournal.com]

[He understands that, anyway.]

More often than not, strong personalities are an acquired taste. They will adapt.

[arrowonthewind.livejournal.com]

It would be in their best interests to do so, anyway.

[She shifts her stance a little, folding her arms loosely over her chest.]

I have been curious -- how did you and my sister become acquainted? She hasn't told me.

[thelifemeddler.livejournal.com]

I agree. There is much we can accomplish with teamwork, and hardly anything without.

[Ha ha, oh, that's a story. He decides to give a simple answer.]

Vereesa was hired to escort my former apprentice to the edge of Alliance lands. However, what should have been a simple mission for both became something much more dire, and I had to intervene. That was how we met.

[arrowonthewind.livejournal.com]

I see. And your apprentice, that would be ...? [Vereesa's husband, maybe?]

[thelifemeddler.livejournal.com]

The wizard Rhonin... as you may have guessed.

[He's pretty damn proud of Rhonin, and it leaks into his voice. Just a little.]

[arrowonthewind.livejournal.com]

[She'll smile a little at that, picking up on the change in his tone. It seems everyone liked this mysterious Rhonin character!]

Perhaps it is selfish of me, but I would not mind if he appeared in this place. I should like to meet him.

[thelifemeddler.livejournal.com]

I would not wish this place on anyone, but I do understand. Rhonin's aid would not go unappreciated at this moment.

[A pause.]

... And besides that, he is my friend. It is natural to want for familiar company.

[arrowonthewind.livejournal.com]

[A nod.] Of course. I can understand this.

Apart from my sisters, none from our world are very familiar to me. Even they are removed from me by decades. It has been difficult -- though not unbearable, of course. [Nothing is unbearable for a Windrunner, after all!]