Passing though

[hisdivineshadow]

More confused than ever, Elias just watched in silence, keeping his mouth shut. He didn't really understand what was going on, but had the feeling that asking any more questions would be rather pointless. Still . . . he clenched a fist reflexively at hearing the fear in Ann's voice. If this Celestia tried anything funny, he might have to break his rule against harming women.

[Northen Light36]

Ann looks at Celestia in silent confusion too. She's to shocked and confused to move when Celestia reaches out to touch her forehead. For a moment both of the pair are covered in green light, then Ann collapses.

"Let her sleep," Celestia tells Elias, still glowing. "She will be fine when she wakes." With that, the woman simply disappears.

[hisdivineshadow]

Eyes wide, he jumped up in alarm, casting about briefly to see where she had gone. "Shit!" he muttered under his breath, and rushed to Ann's side. He wanted to rouse her, make sure she was okay, but Celestia had warned him not to.

After making sure that Ann was just sleeping, and not harmed in any way he could tell, he moved her to her bedroll and tried to make her as comfortable as possible. Then he sat nearby, and waited.

[Northen Light36]

It's several hours before Ann wakes up, blinking dazedly and rubbing her head. "Elias?" she asks, looking around the camp for him.

[hisdivineshadow]

Elias looked up from the campfire, dropping the hunk of rabbit he'd been eating. "Ann!" Relieved, he got up and moved closer to check on her. "Are you okay?"

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"I... Yeah, I am," Ann says slowly. "I feel... better then I have in awhile..." She looks better too. Some of the stress, confusion and pain that always seems to be in her expression is gone, as if whatever Celestia did has lifted a weight off of Ann's shoulders.

[hisdivineshadow]

Elias let out a sigh of relief. "That's good to hear." He hesitated a moment, then bent down and gave her a kiss on the cheek. Straightening up quickly, he turned and gestured towards the fire. "Umm, I made sure to leave some food for you. If you're still hungry, that is."

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"Starving," Ann replies with a grin and goes to claim her share of dinner. "You know, I was dreading this trip when we started," she remarks. "The only good thing was you were coming with me... But it seems to be going a lot better then I expected."