Ch-Choumi!?
The recognition had caught her by surprise, and if it weren’t for the scent and her silent disposition, the empress likely wouldn’t recognize her at all. The young brunette had been missing for some time now, yet Izumi did not expect her to come back in a completely different form.
There was a pang in her chest with this acknowledgment, and an uneasy swirling within the pit of her stomach. If that were the case, then something bad must’ve happened to her before. Something that caused her to be brought back to life. Within these lands, the crane hadn’t known how reincarnation worked, but what else could be the case?
Seating herself, she’d raise both of her paws and place them against the young butterfly’s cheeks, her brow furrowed with concern as she held her face to meet her eyes.
Choumi…what happened to you? I am sorry I hadn’t found you sooner…She expressed solemnly.

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