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[color=AC5FFB]Time:[/color]Evening
[color=AC5FFB]Location:[/color]River Kingdom
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Risa eventually was able to calm her crying. As soon as she did, he had let go of her and turned away to look at Cloud's grave. She took a step after him. [color=AC5FFB]"I'm so sorry I never came to find you, Helio. I thought..."[/color]She drew off.

Helio paused, taking a moment to crouch down while facing Cloud's grave. He said softly after a moment, [color=92278f]"Don't be. You were a child."[/color]

[color=AC5FFB][i]All this time he was alive. But where? How?[/i][/color]

She decided it was best to save her questions for later. They both knew she had many and if he wasn't explaining yet, it was for good reason. 

Risa moved forward with the intention to kneel beside him and ask if he remembered Cloud, but excruciating agony would interrupt her before she could even start to kneel. The pain radiated from the center of her body so suddenly she couldn't process its source. She slowly looked down, her arms shaking as she managed to glance down. The end of a vine was coming out of her stomach. A large red patch started to expand fast through the center of her dress. The sight made her face pale with terror.

The vine agonizingly retracted back the way it came slowly causing her to cry out and her knees to unbuckle with its forceful withdrawal Thoughts could not make their usual journey through her mind as a painful ringing filled her ears. She was wailing now, though unaware of it.

Panicked words reached her ears but they sounded too far away at first. Finally, Helio's terrified voice dimly broke through as he yelled, [color=92278f]“Risa! You got to heal yourself quickly![/color]  Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Helio kneeling at her side, putting his hands over her wound as he laid her down in the grass. [color=92278f]“Hurry!”[/color]