As unsettling as they eyes were, it was still Neria -- though he couldn't shake the feeling he'd seen that same blue somewhere else, far from here. It sent chills across his skin, but he pushed through it, rubbing his palm against her cheek, never making to pull back.

What she said, though, took him visibly aback, and knocked other questions from his mind. His blue eye flickered back and forth, jaw tight, immediately plunging into the far-reaching possibilities of what this could mean, the dangers this could pose.

This was Neria, but what else could come through?

"Why do you think it brought you here?"