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"I see that. Good idea Setsuko," she said, lasping into Fang-talk. Speaking only a few words.

Setsuko sighed. "So! Now what?" The sun was setting, but it wasn't time for sleep yet.

"I dunno. It's stopped raining, maybe we could just fly around," she suggested.

"Maybe," Setsuko said, a little lost in though. She was almost dreaming...well, day-dreaming really. Fly. She used to do that all the time, at home---Home. Setsuko's unique eyes shone with the memories. Home. How she wished she could be there now.

Rue noticed that Setsuko was lost in thought so she stayed silent, letting her day-dream, or mull over stuff, or whatever she was doing inside of her head.

Setsuko subconsciously stood and wandered out of the cabin, staring at the darkening sky. The stars began to appear, reflecting in her sparkling eyes. She sat down, just staring up. She placed a hand over her heart, and with the other she wiped at her eyes, which where filling again.

Rue stayed in the cabin, letting out a heavy sigh when Setsuko was gone. How had she gotten here? Why couldn't she find her waqy home? Her navigational senses seemed to be screwed, telling her nothing.

Setsuko's breathing was shallow and light as she held back from sobbing again. She knew it made Rue uncomfortable, and on top of that she didn't want to look like a crybaby. But still...home. The thought intrigued her. "If I could have anything I wished for right now," She mumbled, facing the stars, "It would be to go home and see my parents again." She clutched her tunic with the hand that was on her heart, screwing up her face. She would not start crying again.

Rue sighed again, now feeling sad. She almost never let her emotions through. It had been alot though. All of it. It was like she had landed somewhere's foreign, with no way of getting back, no way of knowing which way was home. In fact, that was what had happened.

A slight breeze tumbled through the small clearing, weaving it's way through Setsuko's beige-colored hair and drying the remnants of tears off her face. She turned away at first, but then faced the wind. Wind. Air. Home. She turned back away, expression solemn.

Rue wondered where she was now. In Setsuko's world, or her own?

Setsuko began to think. Where was she? Still in the Earth Kingdom, or somewhere else entirely? How did she get here? Could she...just possibly...get back?

Rue leaned against a wall, the old wood creaking underneath her back and wings.

Setsuko took a deep breath. Gathering her emotional strength, she stumbled inside. The 13-year old girl lay down on her patchy blanket, pulling the other over her body. But she didn't sleep. She just lay there, eyes open, waiting for something to happen.

"You okay Setsuko?" Rue asked softly, her brown gaze straying and focusing on Setsuko's tangled brown hair.