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Alice closed her eyes and let each word sink into her skin carefully. Each word a low melody to her ears. she reached and ever-so-gently touched the scar on his collar, dragging her fingers softly across it. "Ariel Light..." she mumbled, flashbacks beginning. She saw herself with a girl, beautiful and strong, hand in hand as teens before they were torn apart and in different, far away towns. "Don't leave..." was the last sentence she remembered telling the girl, which she unconsciously had said aloud. They had been best friends before Ariel had gotten sick and moved to a town with a great doctor to keep her alive. But, Alice hadn't known that Ariel was "turned" as they would say. She suddenly locked her fingers into Rhiley's hair, her eyes opening once more. "I do know her... She had been torn away from me very few days before I was turned... Or was it a year? Time is the only thing I can't remember... But I do know her.. She was stunning... Beautiful and strong..." Alice began to speak, stopping to stare into Rhiley's eyes to see that he couldn't stare back. Her fingers still locked into his hair and the other slid to his cheek, pulling his face down to hers, his forehead against hers. "You seem about ready to cry... I must say that I'll never stop what you need... So..." Alice smiled, her voice calm as she pointed to her shoulder and continued, "Here's my shoulder to cry on! Even guys need a good cry sometimes..." Alice held Rhiley's head to her shoulder gently, stroking it softly.