[PRP] more gain than loss [ haveli&thanta + finn

[houllow]

It was a few days after the hatching feast and more than enough time to find a certain companion and have a proper talk. Haveli was pleased to know she did consider Finn enough of a friend to want to seek her out, to have Sathanaseth meet her (for as long as tolerable), and so she timed the period for what she hoped to be Finn's off day with when she and her lifemate had a break. There were a few spots that Finn was known to haunt, as Haveli sometimes haunted them with her, and those areas were where she decided to start looking first.

While she expected Finn to be pleased for her she'd also understand if there was bitterness or jealousy, or something else mixed in. They'd shared a Turn of grief together, finding comfort in one anther over the experience they went through at the same time. Most everything they'd done had been in lockstep, except now Haveli walked off the sands with a dragon and Finn did not.

Still, she wanted to talk. Normally she wouldn't have ever felt this social, but perhaps it was Sathanaseth's influence on her?

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[ShinosBee]

Finn'd wanted to talk to Haveli at the feast, of course, but the new riders and their hatchlings were the stars of the evening, and it had been hard enough to get in a glimpse and a wave of well-wishes before she'd been crowded out again. It wasn't Haveli's fault at all though, of course, and Finn'd resolved to catch up with her later. It'd been easy, after all, to find the time in the last turn. They'd been quite the pair, going most places and doing most things together, if only out of not having anyone else to go and do things with... so it was almost a bit of a surprise when, the day after the hatching, Finn had... no one, to stand beside in chores or lessons. How many times did she turn to say something to her friend, only to find an empty place, open air, instead?

It was a bit more lonesome, perhaps, than she'd expected. More lonesome than she'd felt since the turn before'd begun, or thereabouts. Habits were hard to break, and now she didn't have much choice. All the same, she'd gone wandering to one of the spots she's spent hours with Haveli in, idly musing rather than chattering about this or that or the other. It was frankly too quiet without her friend... but it'd be okay. And in truth, she was far happier for the other girl than she could ever be jealous. At least one of them would never be alone again, right? And she herself still had ample time to find her partner too. It'd happen. Probably. Right?

She was so caught up in her mental wanderings that Haveli's arrival went briefly unnoticed... and when she turned to go, and instead came face to face with the very friend she'd been dwelling on, the girl yelped, leaping on the spot and then sagging, one hand clutching her chest. "Shards, Haveli! You scared me half between!"

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