SavvyPanda

Xeth's flounced into Xalna's room with a smile.  "Good evening, Xalna," he greeted her in his customarily loud voice--as if, she noted with a slight quirk to her mouth, everything was the same as usual, as if he had not been curiously absent lately.  He took a seat on her bed and began slipping off his sandals and jewelry. She turned in her desk chair, shuffling some papers.  "Good evening," she responded.  It was said with no particular feeling, it was just a response.  She had too much rolling around in her mind to pay much attention to her greeting.  She stood carefully, hiding a