Aysus' gentle explorations into the nature of matter, space, and silence was, as ever, interrupted by Tahaan. Or, rather, Tahaan's actions. It was struck by a sudden ricochet of energy, that flooded over it and even succeeded in pushing Aysus away with its energy. Aysus shuddered in irritation and surprise, wondering what exactly Tahaan had managed to get itself into this time.

Its question was answered moments later by Tahaan's sudden and rather abrupt arrival from somewhere else, and told it what exactly had just happened.

[i]~I was not planning on doing any such thing.~[/i] Aysus responded to the shivering Tahaan, its voice tinged with the faintest traces of amusement. But it leaves its moderate rebuke just at that, and accepts its fearful companion with gentle vibrations of its own. At least, Aysus comforted itself, Tahaan would never change. Its explorations would always lead it further than it should go, and it would always come back to Aysus when such an event occurred.As ever, they were, and always would be, the only things in this universe on which they could rely. Everything else was uncertain, but they would always be together, and would always be bound, despite their oppositions. And it was, perhaps, these very oppositions which made them so compatible for each other.

For a while they were both silent, content to be in each other's presence and needing nothing more. But Tahaan's fear began to subside, just as it always did, and Aysus could feel the desire for new exploration and experience building within it once more. Aysus did not want to crush Tahaan's adventurous spirit, but it was weary of new things. Not physically weary, that had faded shortly before it and Tahaan had separated, but weary in its being of being forced into new things, and constantly having to adapt to the new universe, just when it was starting to become comfortable with the last thing they had done.

[i]~Are we done with the new things? At least for now?~[/i]