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[Marquis Lythis]

Rem nodded, giving a complex bow with his arms stretched out,"I am Remmith Donnor, Vanguard of the Sissironian Military. My people, the Sissiro, live in the depths of the ocean. We are what the surface dwellers called the Naga eons ago." He came out of the bow and asked, "And you?"

[Vee Katame: His Wolfy]

Her eyes opened and shifted back and forth. She lifted her head and looked at him, trying to control her shaking and her eyes were glistening because she was on the verge of tears. "Ye-" She started to respond, but it caught in her thoat. She couldn't lie and say she was fine like she'd done so many times before in her life. Plus, it would be easy to tell that she wasn't okay just by looking at her. She shook her head a little. "N-no. Not r-really. Nightmare...bad memories...guilt and blame...my fault..." Her eyes shifted back and forth as she spoke, not really able to focus on him, and her body continued to shake.

[Fyroh Ilqe Gahn]

He put a hand on her; more to keep her from shivering than to comfort her. "It wasn't your fault." he reassured her, without knowing if she was referring to what they'd been through; but decided it was best to assume she was. "It wasn't your fault." he repeated, and took off his jacket, first pulling out all of the weapons concealed within it, then wrapping her in it. "Calm down... it wasn't your fault." he repeated again. He summoned a small fire on the ground to bring them warmth.

[Dr. Strange]

Saphir growled low in her throat hoarsely and rocked to her feet, falling against Artemas with a hollow snarl. 'This is so dumb. I'll be damned if I let myself lay there like a stupid blob for the rest.'

[Vee Katame: His Wolfy]

She looked at him when he put his hand on her, starting to focus more now. She watched him take off his jacket and take out all the weapons as she shivered, then watched him wrap her in it and summon a fire. She looked down at her paws which were shaking like crazy, although she was starting to calm down and get warm. "I can still feel him..." She whispered very softly, more talking to herself than to him but not caring if he heard. "He was right there...I could still feel him...but I couldn't help...I couldn't save him...I...couldn't..." Her voice faded as she tried her best to hold back her tears and stared at her paws.

[Fyroh Ilqe Gahn]

"Shh shh shh... It's not your fault, Shana." he muttered to her. "You couldn't do anything... it wasn't your fault..." He focused a bit more energy into the fire. "Calm down, please. I'm sure you couldn't do anything..."

[Vee Katame: His Wolfy]

She finally stopped shaking, still staring at her paws, and welcomed the warmth of the fire. She sighed, letting her paws drop and looking into the fire. "If there was any way I could bring him back...I would...I miss him so much." She whispered, not feeling like talking any louder. Plus, that wasn't exactly safe anyway. Tears rolled down her cheeks but she didn't sob or anything like that. She turned her head and looked at him. "I'm sorry I'm this way. I don't want to be a burden to you. Also, I'm sorry if I woke you." She turned her head back in the direction of the fire and stared into it again. It was hard to look at him. She was a soldier. She was supposed to be tough...but she just wasn't. She could kill the enemy and watch her allies die but when it came to her past and her emotional ways, she couldn't act tough if she tried. She felt so weak and pathetic when she was this way. She sighed again, watching the flames dance.

[Dr. Strange]

"Saphir? You need to rest. Stop fighting the recovery."
"D*** you to HELL!!!" She cried vehemantly.

[KatTheCatCalledTasha]

"I have no title, no place. I am merely a wolf named Buiolupo. My family is dead. I travel alone." on the last words I shot a glance at Theo.

"And...I'm Theo...I'm...a soldier....and a lynx..." Theo stuttered, upsetted by Buiolupo's evil glare.

[Fyroh Ilqe Gahn]

"You're no burden at all." he replied. "I'm glad to be of use to SOMEONE... seeing as I no longer have Fyroh to help out." He cursed under his breath, and apparently threw a few sparks into the fire, again increasing its size. "I'm sure you'd give anything to have him back. I watched my best friend become victim to the knife, and another of mine, guns food." He looked to the ground. "It was years ago... it still somewhat pains me now, but what can we do? Trudge on through the dirt path of life..."

[Marquis Lythis]

His face was pretty much unreadable. He studied the lynx carefully, slithering over to him. He circled around him while letting his webbed spines flare out menacingly inward. "Soldier, is it? You fight alongside the humans? Word to the wise... they will betray you once these outsiders are gone. -Most- humans are spineless, without honor. Why would you side with them?"

[Vee Katame: His Wolfy]

She smiled slightly, the tears had stopped falling after a bit. It was good to hear that she wasn't a burden. It made her feel better and that hadn't happened a lot after her brother's death. Her parents had basically thought of her as a burden. Her head moved back slightly when the fire got bigger, just out of surprise. When he mentioned his friends' deaths she turned her head and looked at him, seeing him looking at the ground. Her expression was a caring one. She put a paw on his shoulder. "I'm so sorry. I..." She didn't know what else to say, realizing now that she had never really had chances to express how she felt so she couldn't conjure up the words. She would've hugged him but she didn't because she wasn't sure how he'd react.

[Fyroh Ilqe Gahn]

"Don't worry about it. My lifestyles always been a rough one, I've grown used to seeing people fall victim to death, friends and foes..." He looked up again. "I need to stay strong... because if I fall, then there's one less person to defend the innocent... and one less person to help cure Vlaardi..." He shifted about slightly. "For all I know, though, it's hopeless. Vlaardi could already be dead..." He shuddered at the thought; and stared into the flame.

[Vee Katame: His Wolfy]

She made an unsure face and looked back at the fire, removing her paw from his shoulder and letting it fall to her side. "You know...I admire that about you." She said while staring into the flame. "You seem to always be able to find it in yourself to stay strong. It's something I have a hard time with but I'm getting somewhat better at. I sometimes wish that I could forget the painful memories...but I don't want to forget my brother and when I think about him, I think about the good things but that one memory is always there too. I'll never forget it, or his last words to me, which he seems to be holding true..." She looked up at the sky through the trees, thinking about how lucky she was that she wasn't dead yet and how her brother must be protecting like he said he would with his dying breath. No tears came to her eyes while she was looking up. In fact, she actually...smiled...

[Fyroh Ilqe Gahn]

"That's the spirit." Olhal replied softly. "Almost always, you can find good of something... even if the event is tragic, the mere words of one precious to you can turn that memory into a beautiful one..." He paused, and looked to the ground. "The memories which can only hurt you are the memories hardest to leave behind... but with enough strength, you can shift them." He joined Shana in gazing into the sky. "One of the first ladies I met... she was a true warrior... she also lead me to a trail of murders of the innocent, then stabbed me in the back... I was lucky to survive it. I don't know why, but one... one of my enemies protected me. Whether for his gain or my own, I'm not sure if I'll ever find out..." He almost fell asleep again as he began imagining painful pieces of his past... and joyful ones too.