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[seekingmiracles]

After the few days of being a female, Zia found himself grateful to wake up in his own usual body. Things felt like they were right again, and he had a feeling Mikal felt the same way. Helping her get to the know the island had been put on hold because of what happened, and he thought it'd be a good idea to start it up again in a different way this

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[sink_nor_swim]

After the first few times she'd asked and gotten no response, Mikal had given up on trying to figure out where he was taking her. She hadn't seen all that much of the island so far, after spending a few days keeping to themselves as much as possible when they'd been the wrong genders, so it wasn't like there were any conclusions she could have reached for herself.

It was almost a relief when they stopped walking, though she didn't have any idea why he would have taken her out to the beach. Before she could ask, he spoke, and obediently, she tipped her head up, drawing in a deep breath when she saw what he obviously meant her to. "The stars," she murmured, the corners of her mouth lifting in a smile, eyes remaining fixed upwards for a long moment. It felt like it had been forever since she'd seen a starry sky like that. Finally, she looked back at him, her smile widening a little. "They're beautiful."

[seekingmiracles]

He'd picked a good night, it seemed. The sky wa cloudless, and it made for an even better sight than the last time he'd come out to the beach t look for a while. There'd been little things he even missed when they were dead. He knew Mikal had missed these, too.

"I was going to show you earlier," he explained, looking a little sheepish. "But then this place's bad sense of humor happened."

It seemed only right she see this when they were both normal again.

[sink_nor_swim]

"It's definitely nice to be back to normal," she said by means of agreement, grinning over at him before she looked back up again. Grasping his hand, she headed forward a few steps as if without warning, beckoning for the dog to follow so she could lead them down the beach a little, farther away from the edge of the trees and closer to the edge of the water, if only to get a better view of where they were. It was peaceful down here at night, only making her like it more.

"You wanna sit a while?" she asked after a moment's hesitation, turning back to glance at him again. To some extent, she still wanted to be careful with this, to do it right, and she didn't want to just assume he'd been intending to do any more than show her the stars. With as nice as it was, though, she wasn't in any hurry to start heading back.

[seekingmiracles]

Zia had been thinking the same thing. It there was ever a good time to just had it be with them, it was this.

"I was assuming we would," he replied, shooting her a grin. After the walk they had, it would be a waste to go back immediately anyway. "You want to pick a spot, or is here good?"