re̛t̨ur͏n? [✦] w͢aiti̴ng̀ f͜o̷r̀ ̕love͘

[suvi.]

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— s͢uv̷i͡ ̷k̛iir͜a ó f͞a҉olá҉in | t̢àn̢glewo̧o̷̢d̷͢ | medic —

Family presented itself as a strange concept to the youth approaching the railroad tracks.  Familiar and foreign as conflicting memories clashed.  Suvi's mind prevailed.  Pushing.  Certainty.  Father.  Sister.  Brothers.  Uncles.  Cousins. A rather large family she possessed.  As snow white paws padded slowly across the abandoned tracks, the thought sank her heart for a reason she could not quite pinpoint.  So much time alone.  Forgotten.  I don't want to be forgotten.

Doubt danced in the mismatched hues of the petite fox.  No longer that little mute wolf pup.  No longer quite just Suvi.  For that, hesitancy pulled the vixen back.  Fear.  Enough that an ear glitched, ghosting away at the worry that her family would not recognize her or accept what she'd done.  I hadn't meant to.

Nor did she fully understand, even as her mind adjusted to the chaos of the merge.

She'd never quite be the same.  Never quite Suvi, or Kiira.  But the memories and feelings and... Lives... Of both, they were still hers, to hold and return to.  I don't want to be alone again.

Trembling paws rang the bell, albeit quietly.  Golden fur shone beneath the light of the sun, casting a dim glow in apprehension.

— T͏O̴G͠ETH͏ER̕ ÁT̴ ̸T̕H̶E ST͏ART̶ O͏F̀ ̵TI̡M͏E —