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Even though she was a Lost Clans initiate, Mei still didn't feel one hundred percent comfortable going onto and navigating about the Reserve. With prying eyes that watched her every movement. Judging her. It made her squirm inside her skin, so she generally kept to avoiding going there too often. Plus, she generally stuck out like a really sore thumb among all the Horsemen anyhow so it was hard to not be noticed.

But today was an exception.

It had been a while since all the Hunter commotion, Medea's disappearance. Everything really. A lot had happened so quick it was hard to get a grip on reality sometimes. To believe that it all had really happened.

It was late when the ghoul arrived at the Reserve. She warily eyed fires that blazed here and there. Flame, especially open flame always made her edgy. It was a fear that all Undead shared. But now was not the time to worry about such things, she was here to visit Eisheth. Check to see how she was doing after everything.

She'd wandered around in circles it seemed, stopping occasionally to ask for some sort of direction. To which she merely got grunts and rather disheartened shrugs from those she'd questioned.

She hadn't realized how big the reserve was and how maze like it could be. Finding Eisheth might be like a needle in a haystack.

Ah, a familiar voice.

With a grin, she turned towards Eisheth. Brushing bits of stray hair behind her ear to keep it out of her face. Well it seems Eisheth had found her instead of Mei finding her. Well that was fortunate.

The ghoul wasn't entirely worried about the Horsemen harming her. While she knew some where pretty intolerant in the first place, if she showed suspicion and unfriendliness to them. How could any of them ever get along? It was a lot to put her trust in their hands.

"Eisheth!" She waved lightly before quickly closing the distance between them. "I...uh. I came to visit. Its been a while...well not that long actually." Mei scratched at her cheek. "I missed you."

She shook her head. "Its ok. There was a lot going on so its understandable. Plus in a crowd generally isn't the best place to have private conversations that you might not want others to overhear."

Mei wasn't quite too sure why Eisheth was sketchy about talking near Medea's tent. She hadn't seen hide nor hair of the Priestess since the Hunter invasion. A small part of her had to wonder just where Medea had gone. To her it seemed that every time something happened the Head Priestess vanished for a length of time. The ghoul wondered if this was a common occurrence.

Following Eisheth to the outskirts, she smiled and wrapped her arms around the Horsewoman, returning the hug. "I'm fine a little sore after all the fighting. Been keeping myself busy. How have you been?"

Mei honestly enjoyed any alone time she could get with Eisheth. There was an emotional wall that Eisheth dropped when they were alone. The feel of her hand against her back sent small chills up her spine, but she ignored it for the time being.

"What about them has got your mind so busy?" She was curious to say the least as to what Eisheth's opinion was about it all. Though she could certainly say she agreed with her sentiments about the fragment. Instinctively she clasped a hand over her throat where her fragment lay embedded into her choker. "Its always been there it seems, it just took Medea's power to bring it to the forefront." She made no mention about how her own whispered things to her day and night, most of which she could ignore for the most part. Not wanting to have Eisheth worry or even think perhaps she was going crazy. "Its an interesting experience to say the least."

That part about Eisheth being unsure where her rage and the fragment's rage was separate made Mei worry just slightly. They all didn't know just exactly what effects these fragments would have on them. Medea most certainly was fairly vague in her description, giving them really only the bare bone basics of what the fragments were and what they did. Plus the warning. But still...who was to know the long term effects?

She bit her bottom lip momentarily. Eisheth was right in that observation. Sometimes it did feel like the fragment would take charge from time to time and she had to push its oppressing nature back so it wouldn't over take her. It got hard sometimes but eventually she'd usually get it to settle down once she sated its needs,

Mei tilted her head just a bit to Eisheth's last statement. A curious eyebrow lifted. "I will put these thoughts aside then." She said at last. Still, a small twinge settled into the pit of her stomach. Another smile came to her lips as she lifted up onto her tip toes and gave a small kiss to Eisheth's cheek. "Besides, I didn't come to visit to talk of gloomy things."

The affection that Eisheth displayed right now was nice. It made Mei feel wanted and cared for. Something other than feelings between family or friends.

But it was also a foreign concept to her and she was unsure of how to react. Eisheth obviously had more experience with these things so she was a lot more comfortable and confident with her actions. But half the time Mei felt as if she were stumbling in the dark. Like her hands were big and clumsy and her brain couldn't quite figure out what to say.

Her body went rigid for a second as she felt Eisheth's warm hands on her. Her lips against her neck. The emotions that it stirred in her were not bad things, but they were certainly nothing that she had ever really experienced before. Eisheth's voice sounded heated and almost feral when she spoke and it sent a shiver through her body.

Closing her eyes, she let out a small sigh. "Eisheth, you don't think of me as a pet do you?" It was a question that had lingered on the fringes of her thoughts since the Colosseum.

She knew her question would probably have garnered such a responce. In fact, she had fully expected it. So there was no surprise when Eisheth stepped away. Mei did not miss the coldness that overtook the tone in her voice. It was a harsh thing to hear, but all the same.

"When is there a good time to ask such a question?" The ghoul tucked her hands into her sleeves now. Mostly to keep herself from clenching her hands into fists. "I ask because that is how your fellow Horsemen see me. A pet. And I just....wanted to know. Self validation on my part I guess." Her eyes looked down and to the side. A heavy frown on her lips. "I admit I don't know everything about your people and I would never claim as such but I do know and have first hand experience with how they treat those of Halloween."

Fidgeting, she reached up to brush a stray bit of hair behind her ear, turning her body just slightly away from the Horsewoman. "You will have to forgive me." Mei lowered her head. "This is....this is my first relationship so I am unsure and self conscious about everything."

Now she was being laughed at. It didn't really make her feel any better. And with the way Eisheth explained things it made her feel dumb for her concerns about the topic. Words could hurt, even more so than rocks or sticks. And Mei had a nasty habit of taking things to heart. It was just in her nature.

Eisheth sounded like Shaheen. The War Horseman had pretty much said the same thing. But still it made her feel none the better. Maybe she hadn't changed. At least on the inside. Outside she'd grown and changed a bit, but inside. "And yet your people do nothing to help empower those of Halloween who wish to help them, make them feel like they are part of something bigger. Except drive them to doubt and feelings of insecurities..."

Perhaps her words had come out a little harsher than she had intended. But it did not change the way she felt about it. She had taken on this path knowing that it would be hard and perhaps she were not quite mature enough to handle it. Even so, it felt as if she made no head way.

She wanted to stamp her feet and throw her arms in the air with a huff, but that was beneath her. Mei was trying to put her little girl self aside and act like an adult. But it proved difficult from time to time.