"W-Wait, don't go!" Seren said quickly as the thing began to move away. Without thinking, he reached out and pulled it back, turning it around. "Please, I'm sorry I hit you, but I gotta..."

He trailed off, finally seeing the creature's face for the first time, his hand hovering in the space between them. Everything was different but so much was still the same, and he knew those eyes anywhere. He dreamed about those eyes. He had missed those eyes every hour since he saw them last.

"Lenus?" Seren whispered, pain and confusion and longing all tightly woven together in one word.