Too Late|Acoia

[Kender Bard]

Verity held to Shima's hand and glanced around. Acoia... She remembered it dimly.

"Your friend is here?" Verity asked, glancing at Shima.

[tuo]

Shima looked around and gave a small sigh. "Yeah, I hope she has improved some by now.." He walks them over to a priest. "Excuse me, but do you know which room Alexandria is staying in?"

Ichi was accompanying them but was giving them a little space as he trailed after.

[Kender Bard]

The priest blinked at Shima and raised a brow. "I'm afraid you'll need to be more specific," he replied. "I don't recall that name."

Verity looked around again and then back at Ichi. ~You holding up all right?~

[tuo]

Ichi nodded and thought towards Verity. ~Yeah, I'm holding up.~

Shima gave a small frown. "I brought her here about two years ago. She is a double mind. Both signs are on her face, one is on her cheek and the other on her nose. She has brown hair and was recently escaped from Ekaitz when I brought her here."

[Kender Bard]

The priest frowned a bit. "I believe I know better whom you are speaking of. Brother Arthur recently sent her and one of the faithful away to Sensatia though. That was shortly before winter; we have not heard back from them since."

[tuo]

Shima blinked, not responding right away. "A..Are you sure? How was she when she left?" He asked in a measure of concern.

[Kender Bard]

"I'm not sure," the priest answered. "Wait here a moment and I'll fetch Brother Arthur." He hastened away.

Verity glanced at Shima in concern. "Sensatia... I wonder why there? Maybe they thought she'd do better amongst her own kind?"

The priest returned very shortly with Arthur in tow. The lovebird-Beast bowed to Shima with a look of surprise. "Forgive me," he murmured. "But I didn't expect to ever see you again."

[tuo]

Shima blinked. "Excuse me? Nevermind, can you tell me about how Alexandria is doing? Or why she was taken to Sensatia please?"

[Kender Bard]

"Well, Alexandria didn't seem to show a great deal of improvement over the past few years," Arthur explained. "She does have moments were she is more... aware of reality than others. But she's terribly withdrawn and sometimes has these moods where she'll fly into a panic or stare blankly at nothing for hours on end. It was worrisome... So we sent her to Sensatia to see the Mind healers there. It is our hope that she'll receive the healing she needs to live her own life again."

[tuo]

Shima's eyes widened. "Of course, that does make sense. Do they send word back on occasion? Is there any trips to Sensatia that I could join soon?" He asked, wanting to hurry to Alexandria but not wanting to put Verity through walking that kind of distance again.

[Kender Bard]

"Well, no, we don't typically organize such things," Arthur protested. "If you wish, though, seeing as you're a Mind yourself, I can find someone here who has been to Sensatia or who lives there now and they can give you a mental image so you can teleport there on your own."

"That would be good," Verity agreed and watched as Arthur walked off to find someone who could supply them with what they needed. She squeezed Shima's arm in her own gently. "It sounds like Alexandria didn't cope as well as we have."

Or had she started out like this and gotten worse? Verity shivered; she didn't want to wind up half-crazed as time progressed.

[tuo]

Shima takes a deep breath. "I've been gone too long..I need to speak with her as soon as I can.."

Ichi sighed. "Shima, we just got here and I'm sure you and Verity..and myself could use at least a little rest before we set out."

[Kender Bard]

Verity nodded to Ichi, moved closer to him for a moment. "Shima... I'm sure she's fine." ~Why do you think he's so desperate to hear from her? It sounds like the priests were taking good care of her here and now she's gone to another place where people will help her~ she asked Ichi.

[tuo]

Ichi considered for a few moments before clearly thinking his answer. ~Maybe..he feels guilty that she hasn't been recovering here? Maybe he's worried that she might not recover at all at this point..we don't know how bad she ended up..~

[Kender Bard]

~We don't know anything~ Verity agreed, moodily. "Shima if you want to speak with her so badly, why haven't you used telepathy?"