" You're right," she sighed, "It only has a few weeks has only been a few weeks, but it feels like months". Time seemed to pass by very slowly on the island, working against her given the current situation. What was once a seemingly infinite amount of hours to explore now felt like purgatory, cooped up inside, miserable and sick. Even in the chilly weather she felt like she could figuratively melt away any second.
She was curious what happened 'back then', it became apparent that neither of them had talked about their lives pre-academy. For her, it was too hard, even thinking about life back with her uncle and her vision made her tear up a bit. However, James was right, there was always something to look forward to; people to meet and places to explore.
" I hope you're right... " She mumbled, " I want this all to get better so that we can get back to adventuring". So be it if she would never be able to see her family again, or at all, there was still lots of things that she wanted to do on this island. "Whatever happens, we're in this together now, I'm going to be there for you too." She promised, squeezing his 'light' hand. " You've done so much for me the past few days... it's about time I do the same."
" Even I know its a bit crazy for it all to go away in a flash, still... it sure would be nice if it did..." Klef huffed, her breath was warm enough for a cloud of steam to escape. She waved her hand in the `cloudy air, " Funny how I've suddenly become a fire hazard and you're a whole lot less edgier with that light thingy of yours." A disheartened expression remained on her face, but sulking about her problems wouldn't change anything. " You know, if it wasn't for feeling like I'm gonna die, I'd probably laugh right now. What if this is like the world's worst practical joke or something?"
He looked to her, lifting his light coated hand he gently placed his fingers on her cheek, "it feels like a long time ago, but it really wasn't all that long," he started in a soothing voice, "back then.....I had no hope, for anything."