Reunions (E 2.1, H 2.1, L 2.1)

I drop my hand from my forehead when Zephyr returns, her questions almost drowned out by the noise of the Whispers in my mind. I shake my head. "No. Sorry." I get up. "I'm going to clean up too." I head into the bathroom to splash some cold water on my face and try to wipe away the scent of sex from my body, reassembling myself to prepare to face the outside world again. The reprieve is over, it seems. It never lasts long.

You clean up and one of Zephyr's ravens flies into your place. Zephyr helps carry your belongings down, then she insists on getting the tank of leeches and promises it can make the trip.

What do you do?

Taking the tank makes me feel two things: concern that it might be lost on the journey and I'll be left leechless with the screaming Whispers, and that taking such an important fixture of my home with me will forever cement my place with the Talons.

Still, if I don't bring them along now and Litch doesn't bring me the things from Lucky's like I asked, I'll be leechless anyway. Leeches can live in a jar for long enough, but I feel too trapped myself to make their cage any smaller.

"Alright," I relent. "They can come along too."

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