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Calaethis Dragonsbane · 02-16-2005, 05:29 PM

Six hours came and went, and within the darkness, Drusalia and Verrion got horribly, horribly lost and took a wrong turn - a turn that ordinarly they would have spotted, but, for some reason, they didn't...

~~~

Both Galein and Jena slept peacefully, lying beside one another, neither of them disturbing the other in their rest. Galein awoke first only to discover the girl was still asleep. Both had had dreamless dreams (

), although, it was a bit early for Jena to be waking just yet, or so, Galein decided. In the night, he had rolled over onto his other side, and the girl's face was buried in his chest and shoulder. Gently, so as not to disturb the girl, he raised his arm and rubbed his eyes, wiping away some of the grit and dried tears which were beginning to crystalise. One of the advantages of being elven was, that Galein did not get 'sleep' in his eyes.

Blinking as he regained his awareness, Galein looked down at the sleeping girl with a smile, and gently stroked her hair. Fallen to one side, it revealed her ear and side of her face that neither Galein, nor Aeriah had seen before. Raising his eyebrow, Galein just smiled, kissed her temple and covered her with her hair again, stroking and caressing it with a tenderness and affection that would have surprised even Kyr.

~~~

By the time Galein had finished covering Jena and was watching her snooze, Drusalia and Verrion arrived at the cave entrance...

~~~

Meanwhile, up on the surface; Artelm had fled, managing to escape the rocs as they had gone off in search of different, fatter toad-like prey. Whether they had been successful, the halfling did not know, but by some quirk of fate, he too, discovered the cave entrance leading to Galein and the others...

[ 02-16-2005, 05:35 PM: Message edited by: Calaethis Dragonsbane ]

02-16-2005, 05:29 PM	#80
Calaethis Dragonsbane Legion Symbol Join Date: May 29, 2002 Location: Somewhere in between Age: 40 Posts: 7,029	Six hours came and went, and within the darkness, Drusalia and Verrion got horribly, horribly lost and took a wrong turn - a turn that ordinarly they would have spotted, but, for some reason, they didn't... ~~~ Both Galein and Jena slept peacefully, lying beside one another, neither of them disturbing the other in their rest. Galein awoke first only to discover the girl was still asleep. Both had had dreamless dreams ( ), although, it was a bit early for Jena to be waking just yet, or so, Galein decided. In the night, he had rolled over onto his other side, and the girl's face was buried in his chest and shoulder. Gently, so as not to disturb the girl, he raised his arm and rubbed his eyes, wiping away some of the grit and dried tears which were beginning to crystalise. One of the advantages of being elven was, that Galein did not get 'sleep' in his eyes. Blinking as he regained his awareness, Galein looked down at the sleeping girl with a smile, and gently stroked her hair. Fallen to one side, it revealed her ear and side of her face that neither Galein, nor Aeriah had seen before. Raising his eyebrow, Galein just smiled, kissed her temple and covered her with her hair again, stroking and caressing it with a tenderness and affection that would have surprised even Kyr. ~~~ By the time Galein had finished covering Jena and was watching her snooze, Drusalia and Verrion arrived at the cave entrance... ~~~ Meanwhile, up on the surface; Artelm had fled, managing to escape the rocs as they had gone off in search of different, fatter toad-like prey. Whether they had been successful, the halfling did not know, but by some quirk of fate, he too, discovered the cave entrance leading to Galein and the others... [ 02-16-2005, 05:35 PM: Message edited by: Calaethis Dragonsbane ]