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She stood there for a little longer, watching Talon leave. Valeria waved towards him, an easy smile spreading over her features as he turned back to look at her. She understood now why he had been so reluctant, so standoffish. She had felt the old injuries, the poorly healed cuts all over his body, and they told her enough. Enough to connect the dots—enough in her mind. She shouldn't have been so forward, maybe be a little more gentle but then again, that wasn't Valeria. She could get lost in the moment, she had trouble reading people and seeing social cues. She just hoped she hadn't pushed Talon too far. 

Hoped that he would keep the potion and use it. 

Valeria stayed there by the lake until Talon had disappeared, and the only thing remaining of him was her thoughts and the bloody rocks under her feet. She picked one of them up, looking at the splatter of blood on them before pulling her hand back, just like he had shown her, and swung the rock forward to the surface of the lake. The satisfying sound of the [i]splat[/i]  seemed to echo on her mind as she watched the smooth pebble skip across the water until it finally lost its momentum and sunk. The ripples in the water stopped, and Valeria finally left the lake.

She tried not to think of Talon as she made her way back into camp, past the cabins and towards the Mess Hall. She walked past a few campers talking amongst each other, something about a missing pie and boxes. Valeria wondered if Maki had done something on their way to their destination, probably caused some minor chaos or inconvenience, the normal. When Valeria finally made her way to the Mess Hall, she immediately spotted Maki sitting and digging right into a suspicious-looking pie.

[color=b45a5c]"So, this is the pie I heard of on my way here."[/color] She smiled, sitting across from Maki. Valeria reached over to take a spoon for herself. [color=b45a5c]"How'd you do it?"[/color] She had always enjoyed hearing Maki's little chains; as small as they were, they seemed to work in the end. Most of them anyway. Maki had a way of just perfecting Valeria's pranks and making sure they caused the most chaos; it was truly a skill that she admired about them.

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