Raven and Synde smiled at each other and walked over to their daughters and placed a hand on their shoulders. Paine looked at her mother and then looked at the ground before speaking softly in her usual emotionless tone. "Why bother to come back now?" Paine's voice quickly turned angry as she looked into the crimson eyes of her mother. "It was easier knowing you were dead! You have a lot of nerve showing back up and pretending things never changed."
Raven nodded slightly. "You're right Paine I did expect a warm welcome. I didn't realize how cold this caused you to become." Raven sighed. "I came back because I couldn't stand to live this lie any longer. When I saw the footage on the t.v. of Lady Yuna kissing you in Luca we've been trying to catch up to you." Raven stared into the cold eyes of her daughter and sighed. "Maybe your right Paine, maybe I shouldn't have come back…maybe I should have staid dead…"
Yuna shook her head and spoke softly. "Paine didn't say that please don't feel that way."
Raven smiled. "She didn't have to I am a master black mage, she forgets I can read minds."
Yuna looked at Paine and saw no emotion on her face at all. "Paine…"
Paine looked at Yuna and then back at her mother. "If you're such a master black mage why didn't you see what would happen that night? Why didn't you see how this would affect me? Why did you have to lie?"
Raven looked at her daughter with hurt in her eyes. "I can't warn of the future for its forbidden to be changed and you know that. I hope you know I looked for you for three days Paine…three days…"
"Upjeuicmo oui teth'd muug rynt ahuikr...E hajan mavd Pegehym..." A single tear now rested on Paine's right cheek.
"E muugat ajanofrana...Trelyn teth'd ajah ghuf frana oui fana!"
"Stop it now both of you!" Yuna looked at the two crimson eyed women.
"I'm sorry Yuna…" Paine looked at her lover then back at her mother. "I'm…I'm sorry Raven…"
Raven nodded. "I'm the one who should be sorry Paine…I'm the reason for most of your pain and the last thing I wanted to do was hurt you more then you already have been." Raven extended her hand out to Paine and when Paine reluctantly took it Raven pulled her daughter into a tight embrace and cried softly. At first Paine left her arms down at her side but hearing her mother cry Paine brought her arms up and embraced her mother. Yuna and Synde smiled at the site and Yuna gladly hugged her mother.
Paine: Obviously you didn't look hard enough...I never left Bikinal.
Raven: I looked everywhere...Trelyn didn't even know where you were!