[color=gray]When the bird feren in front of her asked Sylvia why she was here, the violinist did not yell.

She did not chastise.

She didn't even lightly scold.

In fact, she did the opposite of all of those things: she burst out laughing, and she laughed loud and long.

Sylvia had been trying to keep a straight face as the bird feren straight up groveled before her for no reason, but even Echo's resident wise-crack could only take so much.

[color=silver]"Where else would I be?"[/color] managed to exclaim during the laughter. [color=silver][i]"Vindrell?"[/i][/color]

When her laughter had subsided enough for her to speak normally again, the maned wolf faren knelt down and addressed the obviously flustered girl [i]slightly[/i] more seriously.

[color=silver]"Look, you're obviously very nervous about something. But why would I be upset at you for running? I'd hate for Echo to turn into an elementary school...coordinating group bathroom breaks in single file lines would be a nightmare."[/color]

[color=silver]"C'mon, let's walk,"[/color] continued the Tarcan as she stood up resumed her previous trajectory. [color=silver]"I have a sneaking suspicion that you're going the same place I am. And if you reacted that way to [i]me[/i], for the sake of your sanity you're probably going to want to chill out a bit before we get there."[/color]

[color=silver][i]Dear Lord...if Shae is on this, this girl is going to literally explode,[/i][/color] Sylvia thought to herself.

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