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[pinkblinded]

[Gaura is honestly rather used to getting lost. He's been fired from enough jobs for being late to work because of it, after all. So now he feels like maybe that happened here? Yes, he's had everything explained to him but that certainly hasn't stopped the confusion.

But after going in circles for several hours he's finally discovered this feature and he's giving it a go.]

Hi there. [He gives a smile. A look he's figured out is usually the thing to get someone to help.]

Could someone help me out? I seem to have lost my way to my apartment and nothing is really looking that familiar. Is Koreatown familiar to anyone at least?

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[pinkblinded]

[He smiles warmly at that. It's nice that this man can go do things like that. And that Henry is safe now.] I'm so glad you're both alright now. That you can find happiness.

[inthewood]

(( A wistful look comes over his features. Tobias was special to him and he missed the man terribly. It's part of the reason he offered to let Gaura live with him: he was lonely. But the more time he spends with him, the more he's glad he made that choice. Gaura is lovely company! ))

Shall I tell you about my how I met the last faerie?

[pinkblinded]

[Giving his hand a squeeze, he nods excitedly.]

Please!

[inthewood]

(( Silver's face brightens and he turns his hand to clasp Gaura's with obvious excitement. ))

I met a young lady who, in her childhood, had been spirited away by the faeries. Faeries don't know how to take care of human children, though, and often abandon them. This young lady grew up and remembered the way to Faerieland! I still had the power of the Wood at the time, and we followed a road made of moonlight on water to a mystical tree that opened up and let us inside!

[pinkblinded]

[He gasps softly, fully engaged in the story. A young woman who led the way back to the faeries? That's amazing!]

[inthewood]

When we arrived, the land was barren except for monoliths scattered around the landscape with same carvings I saw in the barrow under the old oak tree. That's how I know it was faerie-made! Ah, but I digress. Miss Maude -- that's the young lady's name; she's my mother's apprentice now -- Miss Maude, Tobias, and I were in this desolate landscape. We walked for almost a day (( and his tone implies what an ordeal that was! )) before we came across the ruins of a great kingdom and one single, solitary being.

[pinkblinded]

What happened to the other faeries?

[inthewood]

I think... I think time moves differently for them, like it did for me and Tobias when we had the magic of the Wood. The last faerie told me they drown in time. Sometimes it goes soft and seems to slow down so every minute feels like days. Other times, a week can pass before you can blink your eyes. I suspect it's like that for them, too.

[pinkblinded]

Oh. [He can't help but to feel bad for them.] That's so sad... And that one is alone now too.

[inthewood]

Oh no! He has Bramble and all the other dryads of the Wood!

[pinkblinded]

So he's the last but he has friends?

[inthewood]

Yes. I would be his friend, too, were I still there. For me, being the Wood's keeper was a very lonely time. I wouldn't want anyone else to feel that way.

[pinkblinded]

[He smiles warmly at him and gives his hand a squeeze.] You have a good heart.

[inthewood]

I just think it's hard for some people to be alone.

[pinkblinded]

You don't have to be alone anymore. I'm here now.

[inthewood]

Neither do you.

[pinkblinded]

[His cheeks color at that and he looks down.]

Thank you.

[inthewood]

You're welcome. Always.