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Author's note: Again, thank you for the reviews!This is the revised version of chapter 3 – I only changed spelling, syntax and some minor details, but not the content in general. Still, it should be easier and more fun to read now.
Earth came closer, as both Touki and Ranshou were sorry to see, meaning the end of the peaceful journey filled with harmony and understanding – and maybe something more... Ranshou guided the dragon through the atmosphere and soon found the landing spot he judged to be suitable: hidden away on a paradisical small island which was uninhabitated - so that no Humans would grow suspicious - and had plenty of tropical vegetation, where the beast would be able to stay, rest and feed for the return.
Ranshou and Touki, however, wouldn't be too far from business and friends, and could return here whenever the situation would require it. The landing was soft, as the dragon sank in a bit in the soft white sands lining the borders of the island upon touching them with his paws. Ranshou ventured to help Touki off the dragon, holding her maybe a moment too long before releasing her on the ground. Despite being rather grumpy about the end of the Journey and the supposed intrusion on her independence, she inquired as to what his business would actually be. Laughing softly - very pleasantly surprised that she took such interest in his affairs, though maybe he was just interpreting slightly too much into her simple question (a behaviour quite normal for people and angels in love)-, he explained the need to check on a region known for geological disorders. The earth tended to shift, leaving hallways and spaces for the essence of the planet to rise and erupt, a phenomenon which was known, in the human world, as a volcanic eruption, as he added. The region had been particularly active in the last time, and had always been for that matter. This time, there was a serious threat to the people who settled in this region if he could not prevent it.
Touki was slightly surprised that he had some real business on earth and had not simply and merely extended the invitation at the time to get her down to earth a bit sooner and make her travel more comfortable -in his eyes. She had been flattered, but she would have to show him other means of travel. She realized that she had suspected him of wanting to open an opportunity of whatever kind, but still she had gone with him, because a large part of her would not have had it otherwise. She felt horrible – having been so weak as to think so ill of her best friend and self – assuming to believe that he really only thought of her, and was confronted with a strange mixture of anger, sadness and disappointment towards him for not thinking of her and being gone in the next hours, leaving her on a foreign island with a dragon…. She knew she should not feel that way, and tried to hide her confusion about this storm of emotions behind a weak smile and her usual bland mask.
Trying to figure out her ever-changing mimics, Ranshou proposed to show her a beautiful spot close to the centre of the island where she would be able to rest and refresh while waiting for him to pick her up after finishing his work. They would then proceed on their way to their friends. Anxious to be alone, and to sort out her weird feelings for herself before being confronted with his handsome features again, she silently agreed by nodding and set off with Ranshou to the centre of the island, which proved to be equipped with a green and plentiful tropical forest growing around a small lake and waterfall, bordered on it's outside by the sandy white beaches they had arrived on. The scene was somewhat peaceful, with a rare serenity that stems from genuine purity.
Touki immediately started to communicate with her surroundings - the tongues of nature came naturally to all angels, and she was greeted as a friend of Ranshou. The place spoke respectfully of the other angel, and Touki glowed at the praise of her. Ranshou, who was of course aware of the exchange, at first was embarassed, but when he took note of Touki's reaction, a strange feeling of happiness crept into his heart. He decided to leave Touki alone, no longer concerned for her safety. The island would protect her.
The clear water was now conversing with Touki, recognising in her the mistress who governed it and Touki immediately resolved to love this place instantly quite as much as her place in heaven.