No better version of me I could pretend to be tonight
After ensuring the (relative) well being of his family and further discussion with Zav, Lena is clearly the logical next step on Koa's Life-Changing Tour. He doesn't fully grasp the issues currently plaguing his friends' relationship - call him a terrible person, but he's juggling too many personal crises to fully invest in theirs - but he knows that Zavien wants to leave Stormbreak while Lena does not, and can only imagine how difficult that decision was for both.
It's early afternoon when he reaches the Celestine, a threshold he cannot cross without cringing at the memory of Flora's rejection and the way he'd spiraled in response. Gods, but that feels like a long time ago, insignificant in the grand scheme of a fading world. Shaking his head, he pushes past the entrance and deeper into the enclosures, pausing periodically to ask for guidance as to where the Caretaker might be.
He finds her outside an enclosure, though he can't tell what animal lives within. "Lena!" Koa cries in bright, warm greeting, the sign of her familiar figure easing tension from his chest. "Gods, it's good to see you!"
He's holding a basket of ube donuts that a friendly neighbor had thrust in his arms; now he brandishes it in offering. "Do you have some time to catch up? I brought snacks."
It's early afternoon when he reaches the Celestine, a threshold he cannot cross without cringing at the memory of Flora's rejection and the way he'd spiraled in response. Gods, but that feels like a long time ago, insignificant in the grand scheme of a fading world. Shaking his head, he pushes past the entrance and deeper into the enclosures, pausing periodically to ask for guidance as to where the Caretaker might be.
He finds her outside an enclosure, though he can't tell what animal lives within. "
He's holding a basket of ube donuts that a friendly neighbor had thrust in his arms; now he brandishes it in offering. "Do you have some time to catch up? I brought snacks."
Koa
