Tessa and I both watched in astonishment as Arryl and Rin greeted each other. Tessa must have recovered sooner, because she touched my arm. I looked at her, and even through my shock, I could tell that she looked different--instead of silver, her eyes were a deep red color, and I wondered if I looked the same. I didn't have time to wonder long, as Tessa spoke softly. "Merge with me?" I nodded, and we merged. It wasn't like before, when Tessa had been fighting me. Immediately I felt her settle it and open her mind to me, sharing her experiences since we had separated, and I did the same. I saw in Tessa's mind what I now looked like, my hair was ALL purple now--weird.

Anyway, I finally looked back up, it must have only been a few seconds, but it had felt like days.

I sort of wondered what Rin and this new side of Arryl wanted with each other, and what Leon was doing.