The sizzle of burning tobacco preceded his presence, and though the space next to Zolya was vacant moments previously, Archer now occupied it.  His breath billowed in a cloud of smoke and he flicked ash off the end of his cigarette with a dismissive gesture.

[b][color=#c45302]"Ayo... Would'ja look at that: all the people I'm looking for in a nice little bundle, what a coincidence,"[/color][/b] he noted, observing the scene developing at the top of the wall with a distinct lack of urgency.  [b][color=#c45302]"You came all this way and didn't even stop to say 'hello.'  I'm wounded, Freyja,"[/color][/b] he smirked at Zolya.  [b][color=#c45302]"Merllwyn,"[/color][/b] he acknowledged.

[b][color=#c45302]"Y'all aren't planning to do anything [i]silly[/i] now... are you?"[/color][/b]  He asked, his smirk widening into a grin as he stepped past her onto the brambles.  He took a final drag on his cigarette and put it out between his fingers, stashing the stub with the others in his foil pouch.  He made eye contact with the feathered woman as he exhaled, allowing a flash of Mana to escape his Suppression Seal and flicker through the eleven spell arrays tattooed on his person.  Besides that momentary flicker, he didn't seem to disturb the Manascape at all, and his expression took a predatory air as he climbed the brambles towards the wall.

[b][color=#CE2B95]"Raudd?"[/color][/b]  Yue seemed to relax a little, though she didn't turn her head towards him.  She seemed transfixed by the void in front of her... or terrified of what she might see if she turned her head.  [b][color=#CE2B95]"I had a bad dream.  I didn't remember where I was.  I get night terrors so... I don't like to sleep,"[/color][/b] she explained, while flexing her fingers at her side.  For a moment it looked like she might say more, but she just slowly exhaled instead.

[b][color=#c45302]"Hey, Babydoll,"[/color][/b] Archer called up softly.  He stood at the edge of the ramp of brambles with his hands in his pockets, letting the growth carry him slowly across the last couple meters to the wall.  Yue inhaled sharply, and for a moment it looked like she might break down on the spot.

[b][color=#CE2B95]"If I turn around and you're not r-real...,"[/color][/b] Yue stammered.

[b][color=#c45302]"It's safe, I promise."[/color][/b]

There was a tangible pause before Yue swiveled on her heels and jumped the gap towards him.  She embraced him in a bear hug and lifted him off the ground, burying her face in his chest, her muscles coiling as she squeezed him.  He continued to smile, however, after a moment a strained groan began to escape him and the arrays on his body began to flicker with Mana in spite of the suppression as his barriers worked overtime against the pressure.