She laid back on the grass now that she had that out of the way. Surprisingly, she felt better.
Perhaps, this is why.
It was an... opportunity.
An opportunity for fate to intervene while releasing the stress into the hands of the Kami. It allowed the one making the wish to hope, even while letting it go.
It was astonishingly freeing.
A flicker of youki tinged the edge of her senses, and just like the first time, she turned her head towards the tree line, and smiled.
He had still come.