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Selvina felt simultaneously grateful and annoyed by Eith arriving so soon, but her attention was obviously from some sort of concern rather than to chastise her.  She shook her head when asked if she was injured, but the puppy decided to give her a nice firm hug.  Okay, maybe a little too firm.  [color=gray]"Aside from you squeezing the spot where I was kicked on my back ... I'm alright."[/color]  It seemed the fire hound was confused though, so the mage felt she should explain a bit more.  [color=gray]"I'm ... I'm just being emotional right now."[/color]  She was tempted to add [i]on my own[/i] to the statement, but that wouldn't be fair to Eith, would it?

Instead, the mage leaned against Eith's chest, hugging the hound back as she cried against the warm figure.  [color=gray]"Just ... just a little frightened is all ..."[/color]  The girl wiped one of her eyes with the sleeves of her robe before holding the other girl a little tighter and crying even harder.  Maybe the dog wasn't good emotionally, but at least she was loyal.  Selvina let go and looked into Eith's eyes for as long as she could manage.  [color=gray]"You ... you can go if you want.  Sorry.  I'll be fine."[/color]  As the girl cried more though it became clear that she was just putting on a tough act.