The Preserve, Late Thursday Evening

[wrongkindofsith]

Cara had been feeling the urge to head down to the woods most of the week, which in and of itself wasn't highly unusual as they still felt like the most familiar place on the island. What was unusual was the unsettling and often confusing dreams (no seriously, she had no idea what a half-fixed, half-variable home-loan even was, let alone why she'd

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[exparrotexes]

After making his way through the gate, Leo had felt drawn deeper into the forest. Despite its unfamiliar trees and strange fauna (blue deer?), somehow he knew this was where Cara would be found.

Spotting a flash of red leather among the green, Leo waved an an arm in the air, hoping to discourage her from mistaking him for prey. "Cara! I knew I would find you here."

[wrongkindofsith]

Cara stopped dead still. "...Leo?"

Instantly she had an arrow nocked and the bowstring pulled back. She mightn't have mistaken him for prey, but all things considered thinking he was a baneling was perfectly reasonable.

Even if they'd closed the rift into the Underworld.

...and they'd burnt his body.

...and she honestly didn't think he'd have taken the deal.

[exparrotexes]

"Wait!" While Leo didn't believe she could kill him, being as he was already dead, he didn't exactly want to find out before they'd gotten to talk. "It's not what you think, I was invited to come see you and...I admit, I couldn't resist."

[wrongkindofsith]

Well, if he had taken the deal, that was pretty much the most epically stupid reason for doing so ever, which meant that at least this was probably actually Leo.

She didn't lower the bow. "If you're not a baneling then you won't mind just standing there until it's too late to kill anyone else." She could wait all night if she had to.