AN: Ok, so this chapter is being updated a day early because this weekend and the week following are going to be absolute hell for me and I don't know if I would have the time to update it for tomorrow. Hope you enjoy because next week it goes back to being on Sunday.
The following morning, Pyrrha woke up later than she usually did. Fortunately it was Sunday so she had nothing going on that she needed to be awake for in the first place. When she looked at the clock, Pyrrha groaned and felt as if it were going to be a bad day. Still, she slinked her way out of the bed and slowly meandered up to the kitchen, stopping only to take the pain medication she needed to take for her shoulder.. She wasn't fully awake yet by the time she walked out the door, but moving around would help her wake up and gather the strength she needed to get through the day.
As she reached the kitchen, Pyrrha heard Ruby and Yang chatting with each other about something. She really didn't pay much attention to it, her sole interest being the acquisition of a granola bar that she could take back to her room and eat while she worked on her writing.
"Hey, Pyrrha," Ruby called out eagerly when she saw the red head.
Pyrrha, upon hearing her name being called, turned to face towards the voice that called to her, and instead of a traditional hello, she was barely able to lift her arm and wave hello. Pyrrha was just too tired and out of energy and drive to really do anything at that moment, grabbing the granola bar she was looking for and returning back downstairs to her room and away all day long if possible.
Ruby, once she saw Pyrrha leave, felt really disheartened. She knew that Pyrrha was going through a really tough time in her life, but it still hurt to watch her barely acknowledge Ruby before sheltering herself within her room. Yang, for her part, tried to comfort Ruby and cheer her sister up.
"Hey, don't worry about that, Pyrrha just needs some time to wake up is all," Yang suggested. "In all honesty, she looked really tired, like she didn't get much sleep last night."
"I just wish there was something we could do to cheer her up though," Ruby responded. "I feel like everything we do isn't helping at all and that she's going through depression or something. I want to help her feel better."
"Don't worry about that Rubes," Yang said, pulling Ruby's attention and curiosity. "I've already got something that should put Pyrrha in a much better mood than she has been in these past few days." Yang pulled out her phone that second to check the time and see if she missed any messages, her eyes going wide when she realized that she was almost missing something important. "Speaking of which, it's time that I go out and get that thing for Pyrrha."
Yang jumped out of her chair and ran over to her room so she could get dressed. "I'll be back in an hour or two Ruby! Don't burn the house down while I'm gone!" Yang shouted to her sister before walking to the garage and driving her car away.
With Pyrrha in her own room, and Yang gone off to do whatever it was she was doing, Ruby slunk back over to her own room since she had no one else to spend the day with.
Later during the day, Pyrrha was much more awake and focused on what she was doing. Her writing was taking up the entirety of her thoughts right at that moment, all other thoughts that she had been dealing with off to the side.
"The snow was caught up within the winds that swept across the barren wasteland. The flag that held the symbol of the wolves caught and thrown all around in the torrential gusts. Through all that though, the pack traversed the dangerous passes without fear, the Fallen Kell leading them onward.
'When the fallen sought to destroy us, I protected the reef. In the end, they all bowed before me.'
As the Queen looked on from her throne, her thoughts were upon the cause of the sight before her. Bodies of the Awoken who defended the throne lie cold against the ground before the Queen, holes where the blasts that killed them littered throughout the dead.
'We showed them mercy, and offered them a home amongst the awoken. They met that mercy, with betrayal.'
She knew exactly who was responsible for this atrocity, the sole group that was the cause of all this death to her people.
'Now, they will feel my wrath.'
As the wolves continued across the snowy pass, far away from where the reef stood, they knew that there was no turning back. They were going to succeed in their endeavor or die trying, and they had made an enemy of the awoken.
"Open the reef to the Guardians!" The Queen proclaimed to her officers. "Offer the riches of our realm as bounty for these traitors! Let the hunt, begin!""
It was what she was planning to use as the start of one of the shorter novels contained within the main series, the hunt for a specific house within the Fallen ranks. She had gotten the idea earlier that morning and thus wanted to write it out now that she had the chance to do so. With nothing to distract her though, her writing was a welcome relief from the troubles that had plagued her recently.
The sound of knocking on her bedroom door was a surprise though, but given whom she was living with, Pyrrha had an idea of who it could be. Only Ruby or Yang were around, their father went out to meet with Qrow in order to discuss work issues, so that narrowed down the choices of who it was. Once she reached the door, she found that it was Yang who had wanted her attention.
"You need something, Yang?" Pyrrha asked. Normally she wouldn't sound so agitated, but in her exhausted state, Pyrrha couldn't help it.
"Yeah, I want to show you something upstairs," Yang said, grabbing ahold of Pyrrha's good arm and practically dragging her up to the living room.
"Yang, there's no reason to rip my…arm…off," Pyrrha lost all train of thought once she saw what it was that Yang wanted to show her up in their living room. Standing there in the living room beside Ruby, was Pyrrha's cousin Blake. Pyrrha was surprised to say the least, she didn't know what to say to Yang or Ruby, the only two who could possibly set this event up for her.
Blake however, decided to take the opportunity to walk over to Pyrrha and give her a hug, which Pyrrha returned in kind. Once she was in the embrace, Pyrrha found herself smiling at the sight of her cousin.
"Hey, told you I'd get a ticket home to see you," Blake said, her voice much calmer than the last time the two cousins spoke to each other.
Once Pyrrha was out of the embrace, she finally got her brain to work right. "How did you get here? When did you get back? How did you know where to find me?"
Blake, in order to stop Pyrrha from rambling like a mad man, placed her hand on Pyrrha's shoulder so that the woman was calm. "Relax, you can thank your friend Yang here for extending the invitation. She picked me up from the airport about an hour ago and I've only been here for five minutes."
Pyrrha looked over to Yang, the sudden thought of whether Blake would be getting in trouble or not over this running through her head. "Don't worry Pyr, I already talked with Dad and Uncle Qrow about this and they gave me the ok so long as Blake remembers to keep some details confidential. Don't want anything bad to happen when we were trying to cheer you up," Yang informed Pyrrha after assuming that was what the red head was thinking about.
Upon confirmation that everything was done for her, Pyrrha smiled, and with a few tears of joy in her eyes, wrapped her arms around Blake once again. "It's so great to see you again," She whispered while in the embrace.
"Yeah, I'm actually here for a few days too," Blake replied. She then turned her attention towards Yang. "Speaking of which, we need to get my stuff into wherever it is that I'm sleeping, so let's get that done."
"Me and Ruby will take care of that, you two have some catching up to do," Yang responded before walking to the garage with Ruby behind her. "We'll throw your stuff in Pyrrha's room ok?"
"Sounds good, Yang," Pyrrha responded. "Just give me a second to get changed. I look terrible right now." Pyrrha referred to the fact that she was still wearing her pajamas and that she looked like a mess. "I should probably shower too while I'm at it."
"Might as well," Blake said. "Yang is letting us borrow her car for the day so that the two of us can go out."
"That's real sweet of her to do," Pyrrha replied as she lead Blake down to her room.
Once they reached the door, Pyrrha let them in and showed Blake around. It wasn't a big room by any standards, but for Pyrrha she was more than happy with it. "I know it's not much, but this is home for me now. I'm sure we'll find some space for you to sleep in here somewhere."
"Don't worry about it," Blake interjected. "I can take that couch out there if need be."
Seconds later, Yang popped into Pyrrha's room with Ruby following behind her. The two sisters dropped Blake's bags off in Pyrrha's room before heading back upstairs. Pyrrha grabbed her towel, a change of clothes and her shower stuff before walking upstairs to the bathroom to shower.
After she was done, Pyrrha returned to her room so she could put her belongings back in her room. For some reason, Pyrrha felt compelled to bring her journal with her while she was out with Blake, she thought that talking with her cousin would help her feel better about all that has been happening to her. With that all taken care of, she met outside Blake who was siting on the couch in the basement before the two of them went up to Yang's car so that they could go out together. Pyrrha noticed as she was walking up the stairs that this was the first time she had felt so happy for something in a while.
Once they got to the car, Pyrrha hopped into the driver seat, picking up the keys that Yang had left on her seat. She waited for Blake to get seated in the car as well before handing the journal off to her to hold while she drove. Once that was done she started up the car and drove out of the drive way.
"So, where do you want to go?" Blake asked.
"I don't know, I figured you would want to do something together," Pyrrha replied. The weather was lovely that afternoon, the leaves changing color and falling to the ground. Pyrrha loved this time of year, the colors of nature, the freshness in the air, it all felt right it felt wonderful. Since she was spending this time of year with her cousin, that just made it much better.
It gave her a feeling that things were going to be alright for her and that she would get past this in time.
"Well, why don't we go find someplace we can just talk?" Blake asked. "We don't get to do that much anymore, and especially now, I just wanted to catch up with you and see how you're doing."
Pyrrha figured that she would be speaking with Blake about this, which is why she brought the journal with her. There wasn't going to be any escaping this, but right now, she didn't want to escape talking about this. During the time that everything happened, Pyrrha found that talking about her feelings were better for her in the end. "Alright, I know of a place we can go to," Pyrrha mentioned.
The place Pyrrha was talking about was the courtyard of her high school. The school was a pretty high end school that was built to impress. Pyrrha was certainly surprised when she was given the chance to attend, but didn't question it. The courtyard Pyrrha was talking about was towards the middle of the school, accessible without having to go into the building and secluded enough for Pyrrha to feel safe speaking with Blake about her problems.
By the time they reached the school, Blake was starting to climb out of the car. She ended up placing the journal onto the seat, but stopped when Pyrrha spoke up. "You, might want to bring that with you," Pyrrha said, her voice losing drive as she went on. Realizing what Pyrrha meant by that, Blake kept a hold of the journal, even though she didn't fully understand the significance of the journal.
Walking into the courtyard, Blake could tell that Pyrrha was feeling pensive about everything. She couldn't even imagine what her cousin had gone through, but not matter what, she would be there for her cousin this entire time. By the time they reached a seat, Blake wanted to just give her cousin a hug. Soon afterwards, Pyrrha finally spoke up and broke the silence that had decided to settle in.
"I guess you want to know how things have been for me since it happened, don't you?" Pyrrha asked.
"You could say something like that I guess," Blake replied. "I just want to know that you're going to be alright."
Pyrrha faintly smiled when she heard her cousin's concern. "You know, up until recently, I wasn't really feeling as though things were going to look up for me." Pyrrha could tell that Blake was worried about her. "Despite that, driving over here, seeing how beautiful and lovely the world is around me right now, I just get this feeling of life. I have a feeling that things are going to turn out alright after all. Maybe that won't be right away, but I know it will happen at some point in time. I guess you could say that I'm ready to get some closure."
"I'm glad that things look like they're looking up for you," Blake said. She then looked down at Pyrrha's journal in her hands. "Why did you want me to bring this by the way?"
Pyrrha chuckled a bit and looked down at the ground. "One of the things that I've been doing to help me 'recover' from the experience that I've been through, was to write down my thoughts since I always seem to keep them bottled up to myself. Pretty much it's what I've been dealing with each day. Figured you could get a lot more from reading that than from me trying to talk about this more."
Blake took that as a prerogative to begin reading through the journal. Given how long Pyrrha had been using the journal, there weren't many entries, so Pyrrha didn't have long to wait before she heard Blake's response.
Unfortunately, Pyrrha also forgot about the last entry that she wrote, the only time she ever mentioned her love for Ruby.
"Pyrrha, you have a crush on Ruby?"
Hearing that, Pyrrha's face went red as her hair and she went wide eyed, silently hoped that Blake wouldn't think any differently of her. "I, uh…"
"I didn't realize that you swung that way," Blake said, rapidly blinking as a result of the revelation. "Why didn't you tell me?"
"I was worried that you wouldn't think of me the same," Pyrrha replied.
"What, do you think I'm dense?" Blake flatly said, her voice a low monotone.
"I-I-I er, I was just afraid," Pyrrha replied.
Blake always thought that Pyrrha was strong and determined, never the kind of person who was afraid of anything. She knew that Pyrrha went through a lot, but it was a tremendous surprise to her that her cousin, who was normally one of the strongest people she knew, afraid of something. Recent events have shown that there was a lot of things that Pyrrha was afraid of after all.
Blake gave her cousin a hug, being sure to be gentle since Pyrrha's shoulder was still in some pain. "I should feel insulted that you would think of me as dense as some of the many idiots of society," Blake said, trying to lighten the mood a bit. "In all seriousness though, I love you and that isn't going to change. We're family and I'm not going to let the fact that you're a lesbian change that."
Hearing Blake flat out call her a lesbian wasn't what Pyrrha was expecting, and her face went absolutely red from embarrassment. "Oh dear god, Blake," Pyrrha complained. "Did you have to say that so bluntly?"
"Relax, I was just trying to lighten the mood," Blake said. By that point, Blake finally put together who it was that Pyrrha had a crush on. "Wait, isn't Ruby one of the two sisters that you're living with now?"
And there in lay the real problem for Pyrrha. Hearing that struck a chord in Pyrrha, remembering just what it was that she was having a problem with the most. "Yeah, I guess that's true."
"Does she know about that?" Blake asked.
"No, and I don't want her to know because I'm worried about losing her as a friend," Pyrrha replied. "I know you figure she should know, but I don't want to risk losing one of my closest friends, especially not after everything that has happened recently."
Blake, as much as she wanted to see Pyrrha succeed in love and in life, knew exactly why Pyrrha wasn't going to pursue that. "Ok, if that's what you feel is best."
Feeling much better about all of that, Pyrrha and Blake decided that they had spent enough time speaking about what had happened, and so they started to make their way out of the courtyard. They made their way out to the car and started to drive away. Blake did have one idea that she wanted to do before they went anywhere else, something she could only do while Pyrrha had the day off.
"You think it's alright if we stop by my parents house? I haven't told them that I'm in town and I think it would be unfair if I didn't stop by and say hello at least once," Blake requested.
"Sounds good to me," Pyrrha said. "Though, your parents will have to understand if I can't really talk with them much about what is going on in regards to my parents, right?"
"Yeah, I know," Blake conceded. "Mr. Xiao Long gave me a twenty minute speech on the importance of keeping where you are staying a secret, and that they are allowing me to visit you under good faith that I won't cause any more harm to you."
Pyrrha couldn't help but laugh at that. "Well, what can I say, that's Taiyang for you."
After a couple of laughs, Pyrrha was making her way over to Blake's house. It was a decently long drive, but not one that would really be out of the way. Given that Blake attended a different school than Pyrrha, it wasn't a surprise that she lived a bit far away. None the less, Pyrrha knew how to get to Blake's house on her own and made the journey in record time. They arrived at the house, leaving Yang's car parked in a parking lot nearby so that Blake's family didn't run the plates and find out where Pyrrha was staying at.
As soon as the two cousins reached the front door, they knocked on it since Blake thought it was unwise of her to just waltz right in unannounced. Seeing Blake's mother appear at the door was a wonderful sight, the surprised look on her face told Pyrrha and Blake that they really weren't expecting the two of them at all.
"Oh my god, Blake, Pyrrha, what are you two doing here? Blake when did you get back from France?" Blake's mother, Helena Belladonna, asked.
"I managed to get a week off to spend with Pyrrha," Blake said as she hugged her mom. "Figured it would be unfair if I didn't stop and say hello at least once."
"My word, it's so wonderful to see you sweetheart," Helena continued. "And Pyrrha, oh my goodness. You have no idea how happy I am to see your smiling face right now."
By that point Blake's mother had let go of Blake, only to squeeze the life out of Pyrrha. While under normal circumstances, Pyrrha would be fine with it, but she felt the pain in her arm and shoulder as soon as Helena wrapped her up in the embrace. It was with sheer willpower alone that she didn't scream out in pain.
"It's great to see you too Aunt Helena," Pyrrha winced as she was captured in the death hug.
Once Helena let go, she noticed Pyrrha reach over and grab her shoulder, a grimace on her face. "Oh my god please don't tell me I hurt you just now," Blake's mother panicked.
Hearing the panic in her aunt's voice, Pyrrha forgot about her pain and went to reassure that she was alright. "It's ok, just, remember that my shoulder isn't in the greatest of conditions is all."
"Given the circumstances I should've been more tempered than I just was," Helena explained. "It's just I'm surprised to see the two of you."
Helena let the two of them walk inside so that they didn't have to stand out in the doorway the entire time. Once they were in, she walked over to the living room with them, where Blake's father was currently.
"William, guess who popped over for a visit," Helena said to her husband.
Blake's father was a bit surprised at first, but once Blake and Pyrrha made their presence known, he immediately jumped up and cheered. "Hey, my beautiful daughter is home, and my just as beautiful niece is here as well! What a pleasant surprise!"
Blake nearly ran over to give her father a hug since she missed her family greatly. Pyrrha was just happy that she was able to spend time around people that cared for her. "It's great to see you too Uncle Will," Pyrrha said to her uncle as he held his daughter.
"What's the occasion?" William asked before turning to his daughter. "And how did you manage to get back home from France?"
"Let's just say that I worked things out between my teachers and the people that Pyrrha is staying with, and I figured that it wouldn't be fair if I was home and didn't stop by at least once," Blake chimed in.
"Come on, we're about to eat dinner in a few minutes, we can talk more over some food," Helena cut in. "I'm sure that there is so much for us to talk about."
Pyrrha was more than happy to have a meal cooked by her aunt. She had picked up the cooking habit a long time ago when they were kids, and while Pyrrha's father knew how to cook as well, Pyrrha probably learned more from her aunt than from her father, despite the two adults being brother and sister. She followed her aunt to the dining room and joined her cousin and Uncle at the table. By the time food was ready, Pyrrha was pretty darn hungry, and the look in her eyes told everyone that she was starving.
"I guess someone's really hungry," William said.
"You certainly said it," Helena replied, though she sounded a bit worried as she spoke. "You are getting a decent meal with these people that you're staying with, right?"
Before Pyrrha could take a bite, she heard the question, something she knew would happen. Still, she owed them at least some kind of explanation, even if she couldn't talk about much of the details.
"Well, it's not that they aren't providing the food for me, they gone well out of their way to help me feel comfortable in their home," Pyrrha began to explain. "It's just that, well, I haven't been as hungry as I normally would be. That's on me though, so you guys don't need to worry about whether the family that took me in is trying to help."
"Pyrrha, you can understand that we're worried about you, right?" Helena said. "Heck we don't even know who these people are, how are we supposed to trust them with your well being?"
"Mom," Blake interjected. "As much as Pyrrha would love to talk about this, there's a lot that she can't legally talk about for her safety, as well as the safety of the family who took her in. Hell I had to jump through about 20 hoops with the local police and CPS before I could get considered for spending time with my cousin. Trust me when I say this, she's in great hands."
"Alright, I guess that's all we can ask for," William said. He knew that they couldn't legally ask Pyrrha to tell them where she was staying, so it wasn't something he wanted to get into the middle of at that point anyway.
After a half hour of eating, talking and family time, most of the family was finished eating and just making conversation with each other. As they were laughing, the front door opened, and both Blake and Pyrrha were surprised by the suddenness of it. They heard footsteps coming towards the dining room, and once the new arrival appeared before them, Pyrrha's mind and body froze.
Her father had shown up at the house with them.
Everyone else knew that things could potentially be bad because of it, but while Pyrrha was frozen, she did notice one thing. Her father was just as surprised to see her as she was to see him. "Pyrrha, w-what are you doing here?"
Pyrrha couldn't do anything, so Helena started to speak instead. "Art, we were just as surprised to see her appear as well, but she was here visiting with us alongside your niece since she was stateside for a week. I guess I forgot to mention that you were stopping by."
"Oh, well uh, I guess I'll just come back later today after-"
"Art, please," Helena cut off her brother. "Why don't you and Pyrrha just try to talk things out? Maybe you could fix this right here and right now."
"Lena, I don't think it works like that," Artemis retorted. He wasn't interested in doing this wrong, and unless he knew that things were done the right way, then he wouldn't let them happen. "We both know it's more complex than that."
"It's just a simple conversation though, what's the worst that could happen?" Helena rebuked.
"Helena's right," William mentioned. "This whole problem could be solved right now. Everyone here agrees, right Blake?"
"Hold on a second there, dad," Blake said. "Something like this isn't as easy as you make it out to be."
All of the conversation seemed to fade into the background for Pyrrha though. Internally, she was trying to organize her thoughts and regain her composure from the sudden development. After a few moments she finally made a decision on what to do, and while the Belladonna family was in the middle of bickering with each other, she stood up from the table.
"Excuse me," Pyrrha politely said before she walked out to the back of the house for some privacy. Once she was outside, Pyrrha reached into her pocket and picked up her phone, scrolling through the names until she reached the one in particular that she was looking for. Finding the person she wanted to call, Pyrrha only had to wait for an answer.
"Hey there, Pyrrha," Qrow said once he answered the phone. "Is everything alright?"
"Kinda," Pyrrha said a bit more timidly than she would have liked. "Look, I need some advice on something. Long story short, I went with my cousin to visit her parents since she was in town and felt it wouldn't be fair to not see them while she was around at least once. While we are here, my father shows up, to everyone's surprise including my father. My father was about to leave and come back at a later time when I wasn't around but now my aunt and uncle think that I should try talking to him and trying to explain things to him."
"Ok," Qrow replied. "So, given what you told me, what is it that you need advice on exactly?"
"Well, I don't know if I should try talking to him or not," Pyrrha continues. "Part of me knows that I shouldn't so that neither of us get into trouble, but at the same time, I want to try and fix this already so that I can move on. I don't know what I should do, and I figured you would know what to do better than I would. I don't want to get my father in trouble for this, to be honest neither of us could have predicted that we would run into each other so I don't want him to get in trouble."
After a few moments of pause, Qrow gave Pyrrha his answer. "Well, for the time being, it's better if you two didn't speak to each other just yet. There is a process that we are going through in order for something like this to happen properly, plus it can't just be a spontaneous decision. I won't let this get your father into trouble since it was out of either of your control, but I do need to speak with him for a minute or two. Afterwards, I would recommend coming home Pyrrha, just to be on the safe side, ok?"
"Alright, I'll bring the phone over to him now," Pyrrha replied before heading back inside. She made her way over to the dining room, where everyone is silently awaiting her return. Once she was there, Pyrrha walked over to her father and extended her hand out to him. She didn't need to say anything for her father to understand what it was that Pyrrha was trying to do. Once her father had the phone he walked towards the living room so that he could speak.
"Artemis Nikos here," Artemis said.
"Hello, this is Lieutenant Qrow Branwen, we've met before," Qrow said.
"Of course, what can I do for you sir?"
"I'm sure you're worried about what is going on right now, but don't worry, you aren't in trouble for something outside your control," Qrow started off with. "Pyrrha explained what happened and so you don't have to worry about that. However, I wanted to mention to you that despite members of your family saying otherwise, you shouldn't try to speak with Pyrrha and make amends just yet. Something like that needs time to set up, and we need to ensure that, for Pyrrha's safety of course, you are in a position where you can prove that you have earned the chance to speak with her. Besides that, CPS would need to be involved and bear witness to the entire thing, again, for Pyrrha's safety."
"Of course, as I have said I don't want to go about this the wrong way," Artemis said.
"Great," Qrow replied to Artemis' response. "It definitely helps that you are actively cooperating with us and with recent developments, I'm sure we'll be able to work something out in time. Usually the parents that we work with don't want to cooperate, so it's nice to see that you are willing to work for it."
"Alright, I won't take up any more of your time officer," Artemis said. "Do you need to speak with Pyrrha anymore?"
"No, I already told her what I needed to say," Qrow replied. "You have a good evening now."
With the conversation over, Artemis returned to the dining room, placing Pyrrha's phone onto the table so that she could grab it herself. "I'm probably gonna go out for a bit so that I don't cause any trouble."
"No, that's not necessary," Pyrrha interjected. "I actually needed to get going soon anyway, got school work to study for." She stood up and gave her aunt an uncle a hug each. "Uncle Will, Aunt Helena, it was really great to see you guys again." Pyrrha looked over to her father, and while she didn't say a word, the look on her face was enough for her father to understand what she was doing. She was pretty much saying goodbye to him without saying goodbye out loud, since she couldn't actually say it.
Pyrrha walked out to the front of the house and waited for Blake, who was taking much longer to say goodbye than Pyrrha did. Pyrrha didn't blame her though since Blake hadn't seen her parents in a long time. Plus she could actually say more to them than Pyrrha could anyway, so Pyrrha didn't mind the wait. It gave her a chance to think over what happened and process how she felt about it.
By the time Blake made her way outside, Pyrrha was ready to head home. It certainly had been an interesting day for her, both filled with all different kinds of thoughts and feelings. Somehow, despite all that, she still felt like things would start to pick up for her from there.
She just had to have a little bit of hope.
AN: Anyway, I officially have a collaboration that I'm working on titled "Room 205". Give it a read and feast upon the insanity that is the giant collaboration.
Other than that, I hope you guys enjoy this weeks chapter, it wasn't originally supposed to be as long as it was but once I wrote it out the chapter ended up turning out to be as long as it did, what can I say.
To Cassiel: Yeah, I hope you enjoy what's coming, because things just get better from here.
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