"She is also... somewhat older than we are typically encountered."

"Oh? That'll be interesting - I think my last life got to one or two millennia but I don't actually remember that..."

"Nothing so extravagant, but she has been through rather a lot."

"I do know how not to pry, if there's anything she doesn't wanna tell me."

"Ah, well, that would be up to her."

"Yeah."

"Anything else interesting about the people around here? I'm curious about everyone's stories, pretty much..."

"I suppose we can start with Hisame and the Keres, as they instigated this little get-together. Apparently, they both arrived in my own world through unrelated means..." She summarizes the story of the Crows and Lightnings up through finding Ellayania.

"Oh, that's fun!" she says with a laugh. "It's interesting how much is different between us, though..."

"Many of us are of the opinion that there is some sort of guiding presence behind our meetings."

She hums. "There could also be some sort of metaphysical narrative - story's a powerful thing, in my world at least. The Fair Folk are best at it, but - if you're wandering into the wyld outside the borders of the world, it doesn't matter so much what makes sense as what's interesting."

"'Interesting' is perhaps the one constant."

"If anything must be constant, that's a good one."

Eliana laughs. "A true Crow."

She laughs as well. "I really need to argue my alts into a prettier name. Crows are horrid, rude birds."

"Tentou- that is, the first Hisame- picked that one. The Keres had taken to calling her 'kitten' and I suspect she did not wish to share the appellation."

She giggles. "Awww, that's cute."

"They have their moments," she allows.

"I'm not a kitten, anyways. She can keep the pet name." She leans against her girlfriend, grinning.

"You are a little big for that," Luc' says, petting her.

Deep rumbling purr.

"Maybe we can all just be different kinds of Cats. Me, the tiger, Tentou, the kitten..."

"That somewhat defeats the purpose of a collective noun..."

She laughs. "'Cats' is a perfectly acceptable collective noun, I think, just one with room to be different sorts of people."

"Ah, that makes sense. Your proposal may gain some traction."

"I'll see how easy my alts are to convince."

"Perhaps start with others and work your way around to the Hisames."