"Furry?" Kiza's voice pulled his eyes up until he was looking at her."Furry?" Kiza's voice pulled his eyes up until he was looking at her. She was looking down at Furry however. "Yeah?" "Could I... could I talk to you?" Kiza's voice halted and started, sounding more than a little fitful. Furry smiled and said "Sure. Be right back, you guys." She stood up and the two of them walked away, disappearing behind some of the smaller trees that occupied the easter face of the rooftop garden. "What do you suppose that's all about?" Garth asked. "Furry mentioned earlier that she felt bad about the way she and Kiza broke up. It bothers me too." Nickolai put his plate aside and leaned back against a large rock. Garth thought he looked oddly peaceful. He felt at ease himself, despite his own big adventure tomorrow. "I mean, on the one hand I do understand that they agreed a long time ago that this was a temporary arrangement. On the other, I don't like the idea of leaving anyone in a lurch." Garth nodded. "I haven't been very good for her. I'm going home soon too." "We all are, in our own ways. Or, we're already there. In any case, Kiza feels like she's being left behind." "How do you feel about her?" "About Kiza?" Nickolai asked. "Good question. I've never been jealous of her, and I'm proud of that fact. I believed Jofuran when she told me where her loyalties lay. God, I hate wording it that way. There's got to be a better way to describe this." "Try," Garth urged. "She's... Well, Kiza's a little less mature than Furry, a little impetuous. She's very pretty, but I've already got my interests firmly assigned to Furry." He laughed. "Aside from that, I don't know. I'd like to know her as a friend. She's Furry's friend, at any rate." "They're coming back," Garth said, noticing the two fems walking down the stone path. Furry spoke first. "Listen, Garth, tomorrow you're going to be walking the Great Hall, and almost as soon as you come back you're leaving for Terra again. |