Yin merely watched in silence as the monk took his headgear off. He looks quite different from when she last saw him. Granted she never really took notice of his facial features since he often isolated himself from the training group. Perhaps the scars that lined his lips had been there before? Perhaps not, but they looked like they might've been quite painful to receive.. It looked as though the passed three years had been quite an ordeal for him, but she recognized him nonetheless. What really piqued her interest was the prayer beads that hung from his neck. Their faint red glow distracted her gaze as she looked at him. She couldn't help but grin back at him when he told her to drop the formalities, she was too used to being formal around others.. Making others feel respected lead to less conflict. It was true, they had known each other back then, but to her, Asychis was a very different person.. He seemed more relaxed now and less overcome by his anger. He changed for the better it seemed. It was only after he started speaking again after a seemingly awkward silence, she realized she hadn't said anything in return.

[color=f9ad81]"Everyone is doing fine, as far as I know."[/color] She replied simply as she usually would, smiling back at him. She wasn't much of a talker, but she often said the bare minimum, much to most people's annoyance. But right now, she should probably say more than that. [color=f9ad81]"It's good to see you as well. I don't know what you went through since you were expelled, but I think it turned out for the better.. And I'm sure that many of us have forgiven you."[/color] She added, her voice soft and sincere as always. She felt it was a little risky of her to talk about such a thing with him, but she wasn't able to stop the thought from spilling out of her mouth, much to her dismay. She remembered when Asychis was expelled; she was quite saddened by it. Not because she knew him personally, but because she didn't like having conflicts within the group. However, their closeness in age made her feel that little more connected to him, which didn't make much sense to her in hindsight.

When Asychis mentioned [i]that[/i] letter, her mind seemed to pause for a moment as if she drew a mental blank, but she then realized what he was talking about. Although, she didn't know if he was talking about the same thing. It didn't really make sense for him to get a letter from the Order since he was expelled from it, but she wasn't about to question her superiors on such a matter. Yin felt her muscles tense up when her former colleague put his hand on her shoulder. For one, she wasn't really expecting it and two... It seemed that she still wasn't comfortable with people touching her. But fortunately, she was able to recover quickly from the shock. She needed to remind herself that things like [i]that[/i] shouldn't happen to her anymore. [color=f9ad81]"I'm sure Sir Lethodus wouldn't mind me spending some time walking around.."[/color] She replied with slight uncertainty before giving him a warm smile.

[color=f9ad81]"Oh.. Before I forget.."[/color] She muttered to herself as she rummaged through her bag. It wasn't long before she produced a small green disk from her bag. The small green stone disk was strung onto long, thin red cord; a necklace would be the appropriate term. Yin held it out to him, [color=f9ad81]"I had been meaning to give this to you before you left.. For us Kuren, Jade is a stone that protects you from evil spirits.. So I thought it would help..[/color] She explained somewhat nervously, her other hand fiddling with the cloth of her cloak. There was another meaning behind giving the stone to someone else, but that could be explained some other time. [color=f9ad81]"It's alright if you don't need it."[/color] She felt a little bit foolish, springing a sudden culture explanation onto someone.

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