[color=red][h3]Kaia Iona[/h3][/color]

Despite herself, Kaia frowned as the two mages disappeared into the underbrush with a burst of speed, Angel having been quite literally swept off his feet and carried out. Despite herself; which is to say her best half-hearted efforts weren't enough to hide the look of distant... disappointment? Regardless, she had a bad feeling about it as Rei's footsteps sounded more and more distant. Kaia took a second to get her bearings, and wipe away the frown to something more upbeat, before focusing on her surroundings.

It took only a moment for her to identify who she was looking for, their footfalls characteristically [i]poised[/i] even with the monotony of their hike, and she slightly lifting her hand to gauge distance. She dropped back and moved slightly to the left to fall in besides Cyare, the back of her outstretched hand lightly brushing up against the cold surface Tactician Mage's armor to both avoid running into her and to get Cyare's attention.

"[color=red]Hey, so, I don't really know Rei, but I'm willing to bet that him and Angel charging off ahead makes you about as worried as I am,[/color]" Kaia started, desperately hoping that she hadn't read the mage [i]completely[/i] wrong. Her plan kinda relied on that not happening. "[color=red]You think we should go catch up to them?[/color]"

Kaia was already moving to stop the inevitable question that followed, kneeling down just enough to scoop up a small rock. She held it out to where she assumed Cyare could see it, before miming flicking it with her opposite hand. Which, with a small application of her magic, sent the pebble shooting through the treeline. "[color=red]I can do people too,[/color]" she added to her wordless explanation.

"[color=red]So, what do you say, wanna go for a ride?[/color]"

[@krayzikk]