[Athilea Majiri]

She almost pulled away when his arm moved around her shoulders. Even though she didn't her eyebrows still drew together in confusion. Cithien found herself leaning against him in the next moment though, "I know that's what he would want. Is it so strange for me to have wanted him to live though?"

The woman paused, her mind trying to comprehend what they were doing. Why he had his arm around her, and why she was leaning against him. It didn't matter though. Something odd was happening and she finally decided just to let it happen. The odd feelings that were mixed within her, the thoughts that swirled in her mind finally washed over her.

"Is is so odd that I feel no hope, because his death left a hole in my heart that cannot be filled?" She didn't try to stop herself from shifting her position so that she could move one of her arms around him, accepting the comfort that he tried to provide.