Sara made it a point not to scrutinize the woman too much. Sure, she wanted to observe her for small tells and signs of anything and everything. But she didn't want to make her feel uncomfortable or worse yet, examined. So she tried to keep her gaze firmly on Aaliyah's eyes and put a friendly expression on her face. Of course it didn't hurt the woman was quite easy on the eyes. Nik smiled and shook herself mentally. Now was not the time for this.

	"It does have the power to draw people in." Sara confirmed when Aaliyah answered her question. "With its quiet power and majesty it has a mystical allure that some people cannot deny." Nik's smile softened and her eyes lost focus once she started speaking about her beloved forest. She looked about her, raised her arms and turned in a slow circle, stopping when her eyes once again found Aaliyah’s. "I mean just look at it. It's beyond beautiful. The sights, the sounds, the smells. The energy!" She pinned the other woman with her burning blue eyes. "There's no use denying we both felt that energy. And even though I am here camping and do work here as a park ranger. I would be lying if I said that's the only reason I'm here in this moment." Sara wanted to approach the other woman, but stayed in place. She didn't think she would be welcomed yet. "But we are strangers so forgive me if I'm not ready to divulge anything beyond the obvious." This time she could not hold herself back and took a tiny step forward. "I will not deny however that I as well felt drawn to this particular area of the forest."

	Sara fell silent. Even as it was she felt like she'd said too much. She was usually so careful when socializing with people. Humans especially. She knew there could be monstrously evil ones among them and she needed to protect her secret from those. So she made sure to vet thoroughly the ones she did associate with. But still, Aaliyah was no human. Of that she was quite possitive. No human possessed such strong woodland essence. Nor any vila for that matter. Not even Sara herself. But still Nik felt drawn to her. She wanted to get to know her. Who was she, what was she like. And, yes, what exactly [i]was [/i]she. [i]Baby steps.[/i] She knew her name. So that was a start. Perhaps they could become friends. Nik wasn't lonely per se, but she did feel an emptiness within her at times. But not right now. Not here at this moment with this stranger in front of her.

	Sara's wrist burned and pulsed, reminding her of itself. She looked at it and the action made her notice a subtle movement of Aaliyah's. She was pressing her hand to her side and Nik noticed the glow. And suddenly she recognized it for what it was. A tattoo much like her own, also glowing like her own. Nik looked at her wrist. And suddenly it hit her that the date stamped there was today. Although what the importance of that was she didn't know. Or if in fact there was importance to it at all, or if it was simply a coincidence. The script she couldn't read. She'd never been able to. In fact Sara'd never been able to identify it as any known script that existed in Earth's history. Her eyes rose to Aaliyah's. Concern, curiosity and uncertainty swirled within the blue irises.

	She stepped forward, not caring this time if Aaliyah would welcome her advance and staring her in the eyes made a gentle move for her wrist.

[center][sub]I mean, we were bound to notice the tattoos at some poing :D [@KahleenCuthald][/sub][/center]