Arenia stood outside, although they had welcomed her into a tent, she had opted to sleep outside. They had offered her bedding, but she had declined. Now she stood a little ways outside the camp,on a small grassy knoll, staring at the stars. She wrapped her arms around her legs and leaned her head on her knees. She had a lot of thinking to do. Elwood had not gotten to her yet, mostly because she had been avoiding it. She couldnot sleep, however tired she was. There were people here, and now that the battle was over, she needed to think about all these new feelings that boiled over and over inside of her, feelings that she hadn't ever felt, and if she had, she could not remember or recognize...
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