My sweetest friend

"You always say that, and yet you never grow any more careful," she pointed out with a fanged grin, giving his hands a warm squeeze before letting him go to move back to the Luxere, patting its flank gently. "I think it has had enough of a rest now. We ought to be able to move on," she murmured. The gentle creature needed very little coaxing, its hooves crunching through the crust of snow, warmth radiating off it as they began to stroll. Isla scoffed. "It is quite awful," she agreed, frowning at the ground. They walked like that for a while, into the deep dark through which the Ascended could see quite wonderfully; Remi would likely not even notice that they were going further out into the Outskirts, rather than back towards the Sanctuary. "I lost my stone," she murmured apologetically to him. "That's why I didn't press it to tell you I was out here. It must have fallen in the snow when I..." She shook her head, clearing her throat. "Remi, may I ask something of you?" LUDO she's still here if you believe it hard enough