fallen [OPEN]

She grinned at his question. ”Believe it or not, quite a few have arrived this Deepfrost,” she said. ”More than I’ve seen in some time, but not everyone ends up in the middle of the night in a blizzard.”       Rhea wasn’t exactly sure how much comfort Lucas would find in that, but he had asked and she wasn’t a liar. She had to admit that she didn’t usually welcome the Outlanders into her camp, though. She would have, but not many took her up on the offer. Trust was something she noticed was usually missing from many when they fell through the portals. Understandable, but still odd.       When he relaxed in her tent, she put back the hood of her cloak and removed her gloves, warming her hands by the fire. Her nearly golden eyes flicked to him multiple times, but she was slightly confused by the way he spoke. Was he confused by what she meant? But that wouldn’t make sense…       While Rhea hadn’t come across a ton of Outlanders, everyone she met knew of who they were, of what they were. Was he…?       She decided not to come right out and ask him because, since he was an Outlander, he probably didn’t even know what the term ‘Ascended’ even referred to, so she decided to conduct her own experiment. ”Here,” she said, reaching around and taking pieces of rabbit that she had cooked earlier that day. The tigress set it up to warm over the fire and offered the man another smile. ”Where did you come from? Before coming here, I mean.” RHEA into the forest I go to lose my mind and find my soul