Estinien misses the appearance of this familiar bird girl for a while after her arrival to the main group - most likely on account of having been sleeping during the day. With the guard's new habit of keeping him bound at night, it has impacted his ability to rest properly, which means he has increasingly ended up sleeping out of sync with the other prisoners. It's easy for them to keep an eye on him in the light, after all.

He's a beaten and haggard-looking man by the time they are all at the forest ruins, his long hair a mess, his eye blackened, his white robe stained with blood. He doesn't present the best first impression - and even less so when he's seen you before, and has reason to be wary.

Meteion. His heart flutters at the sight of her, something clicking into place in his head. Could she be connected to all of this? They had seen the destructive power her and her sisted wielded... but he thought she had changed her mind? Had she not been the one to lead Himeka back to them?

She could very well be speaking to someone else when he lurches towards her, his eyes wide and searching.

"You," he demands. "What is the meaning of this?"