Eva gave her a friendly smile, before responding simply "I'm good, can't complain. How are you doing?" She added with a lighthearted smile, "I guess I should be asking how you and Xylo are doing."
Persepolis replied, turning to face Luna, "I was training. For the most part." Persepolis responded to her last sentence, "Yeah. I just got back. Eclipsa came home?" Persepolis' brow furrowed in confusion and wonder.
River smiled, though she shifted her weight awkwardly. "We`er... Great. Relieved, too. Eclipsa came back last night, she`s been missing for awhile."
Casimir sighed and nodded. "Well best let you handle the excavation of the rock then for now, don't want to bring the whole mountain down on top of us. Tory really will love it here I hope, I just want to keep her safe." He said as he tried to picture the cave once finished. A small but functional kitchen in the front by the entrance door. A nice stone hearth next to that with a small living space with chairs to sit by the fire. A small eating nook for them to have their meals at. Then some bedrooms, in the back for them to sleep in, they would have to sort out the sleeping arrangements before that though. As he wasn't sure three bedrooms would fit in the small cave cabin they were building.
Eva noticed her awkward weight shift, and asked softly "Are you ok?", before responding to her other point "That is great news.", letting that sentence die off there, more interested to see if she was hiding something or if something not so great had happened.
Sierra nodded, eyeing him as he envisioned the place. She fell into a world of dreaming, one where she saw Tory eating by the kitchen, being told bedtime stories next to her bed. One where she and Casimir would work together to protect Tory and what they had built together. That word struck her. She was more used to the word, "Alone", in the snowy world that she lived in. It was beautiful, but it lacked others. No birds chirped in the trees. No flowers grew in the ground. It was just obsolete.
"Truthfully, we are okay." River said. "It`s just..." She paused.
Luna nodded, explaining with some vigor and excitement, "She came back. I have no idea how, but I'm not complaining. She's completely fine, as well. No scratches, bruises etc." she paused for a moment, before adding "And Stephen was acting really weird yesterday, come to think of it. He apparently trying killing a hunter with Horius, and he got really defensive about it." Her tone shifted to one more quiet, to avoid anyone listening in to their conversation.
Eva asked kindly, some worry on her face, "Is everything ok?" She thought of all the negatives that could've happened. Did they break up? Did Xylo do something mean to her?
River looked awkward. "We`er partners. Which is a married couple for humans. And... We`er expecting a child. And there`s so many things a child could die from out here." She said quietly.
