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'Again'.
In which there is joy and excitement and deep, abiding sorrow, as there always is between best frenemies Lief and
@Gurashi.
You have emoted: Lief uncrumples the hand towel she'd used to dry herself and carefully folds it on the bench next to her, keeping her musician's fingers busy. She smiles again, deeper, and she says, "I've missed spending time like this with you, Gurashi. You look different nearly every time I see you, and you had me worried earlier - but even if I worry still, I'm filled with so much joy regardless."
Softly, to herself, you say, "That must be selfish of me, to feel happy despite your troubles..."
A passing breeze causes the flame within a delicate glass lantern to flicker, innumerable tiny flowers suddenly painting the surroundings in a colorful wash of pale blues and violets.
Gurashi shakes their head, gazing morosely at the cover, their tail no longer wagging. They lift the quill as if to write but find no words, glancing at the piano, then up at you again. Finally, they scribble something new, setting the notepad on the bench beside the faeling, letting their head droop until their horn presses into the bench, keeping their head aloft: 'are too many things and not enough times but i
you and am so very glad you are back - also you should probably go. not safe to be around me for little while'. They stare at their words, then quickly add 'again' at the end of their sentence.