Soleil
Soleil had been aware of Cordelia moving with Noah to the Grounds, but only in a through-the-grapevine sort of way. Despite the Grounds being her current region to explore, she has yet to run into the Forsaken, but in all honesty her eyes have been peeled for his better half. Not that she’s overly hopeful; children, especially twins, are quite the handful. She would know, she is one.
So receiving Cordelia’s letter out of the blue had been like an electric jumpstart of excitement. Bidding Noe a temporary goodbye, she’d struck out into the endless monsoon, following the directions she’d been given (and belatedly grateful for her good memory when the rain makes them hard to read). Her own surprise hides snuggled up against her chest under her thick puffy coat, only shuffling around sleepily when she knocks on Delia’s door.
Her own grin is bright and beaming when she sees her extended packmate up close and personal for the first time in years, and she goes traipsing in the front door and out of the rain with hardly any encouragement. “Taller than you now,” she points out with a warm laugh. It’s an inch at best, but it makes her feel warm and bittersweet at the same time to see how far along she has come in her own growth. Pulling her hair out of the collar of her jacket and fluffing it out from where it had been crushed beneath the hood, she grabs easily for Delia’s hand and squeezes, always and forever a physical being. “I’ve been great! I’m part of the Adventurer’s Guild now, and I’ve seen most of the settled regions in Caido. It’s been amazing,” she gushes, beginning to unzip her jacket and ensuring an arm lowers to support the sleepy pup against her chest as a fuzzy white head is revealed against her sternum. Smiling mischievously, she lifts a finger to her lips. “Don’t tell dad, but you’re the first to know.” Aside from Noe, who’d been present when Soleil had discovered and bonded with Diana.
So receiving Cordelia’s letter out of the blue had been like an electric jumpstart of excitement. Bidding Noe a temporary goodbye, she’d struck out into the endless monsoon, following the directions she’d been given (and belatedly grateful for her good memory when the rain makes them hard to read). Her own surprise hides snuggled up against her chest under her thick puffy coat, only shuffling around sleepily when she knocks on Delia’s door.
Her own grin is bright and beaming when she sees her extended packmate up close and personal for the first time in years, and she goes traipsing in the front door and out of the rain with hardly any encouragement. “Taller than you now,” she points out with a warm laugh. It’s an inch at best, but it makes her feel warm and bittersweet at the same time to see how far along she has come in her own growth. Pulling her hair out of the collar of her jacket and fluffing it out from where it had been crushed beneath the hood, she grabs easily for Delia’s hand and squeezes, always and forever a physical being. “I’ve been great! I’m part of the Adventurer’s Guild now, and I’ve seen most of the settled regions in Caido. It’s been amazing,” she gushes, beginning to unzip her jacket and ensuring an arm lowers to support the sleepy pup against her chest as a fuzzy white head is revealed against her sternum. Smiling mischievously, she lifts a finger to her lips. “Don’t tell dad, but you’re the first to know.” Aside from Noe, who’d been present when Soleil had discovered and bonded with Diana.
We run for cover in the temple of love
