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[splitminds]

[I don’t know if I’ll ever feel like that, she thinks, but doesn’t say. It’s not a stretch to assume that she’s capable of feeling love, but she doesn’t know what kind she’ll feel, or if she’ll be able to recognize it.]

I don’t think anyone’s met both Riven and I yet, [she says, in lieu of responding to I love you. If someone had met both of them, it would have drawn attention to her, but no one seems to have really noticed her yet. She knows how to blend in.] I’ll see you soon.

[serenraelover]

[Gabriel knows she's probably not going to say anything yet, and he doesnt mind. It would be unfair to ask her to feel the same as him so soon into the relationship. He doesnt truly understand how he fell so fast himself, but he supposes that's how it is. He's never been in love before, so he wouldnt know.]
Yes, see you soon. Safe travels. May Serenrae protect you. I'd bless you if I could, but like you my powers are absent.

[splitminds]

[Without access to the Rift or anyone else’s emotions, all she can do is walk. She spends a while wandering along the docks, both searching for the driftwood and exploring the market. She arrives at the tavern a couple of hours after she leaves, the driftwood in her hand.]

[serenraelover]

[Gabriel's waiting near the front of the tavern, and though he does not notice her at first, when he does, his eyes light up like he just saw Serenrae descend.]

Alexis!!! I'm so glad you're okay! Do you need help carrying the wood?

[He pulls her into a hug, a mist of tears in his eyes]

I was so glad to get the message from you, it would've ended me if I never got to see you or the others ever again. I missed you so much it hurt.

[splitminds]

[She sets the wood down, careful not to break the salt crystals off of it. When he hugs her, she returns the gesture quietly.]

It’s not very heavy. [The chunk that she found is about the size of her arm.]

Have you found some of the others here, too? [She hasn’t had a chance to look for them physically, and she can’t search for their minds.]

[serenraelover]

[Gabriel looks down at the ground, sadness and wistfulness in his eyes, before shaking his head.]

No, I've found none of the others, so far it looks like you and me are the only ones.

[splitminds]

[It’s strange to see his emotions without sensing them, like she’s trying to have a conversation with her ears plugged but she doesn’t yet know how to read lips.]

Maybe it’s better for them to be in our world than here. It’s like this place is falling apart.

[She pulls out her journal and crosses out the driftwood on the list she made of the quest items.] Do you know what a silverpaw is? [She can tell that it’s a plant, but Gabriel is a healer. He’d know more than she would.]

[serenraelover]

I actually already have some of those, theyre easier to find than you might expect.

[He rummages in one of the herb pouches around his belt, before pulling out some silvery flowers that with some strech of the imagination could resemble a paw.]

All that's left is the black sand..but that will be quite the ordeal. You do not have to come with me, I do not wish to subject you to danger.

[splitminds]

I’ll look for the gooseberries, then. I haven’t been up to Heaven’s Bow yet.

[She looks down at her notes about the quest and the part about the black sand. Without her shapeshifting, she’s not as useful in a fight as she could be.]

Are you sure? If neither of us have our usual abilities, two bodies could be better than one.

[serenraelover]

[Gabriel makes a rather odd face at that.]
That's a good plan. But about my powers....well, I have gained two back.