''Sis! I-I'm so glad you survived!'' Madi said, her tears shining in her eyes as she gazed at Luna in happiness.
Sister. Sistersistersister. Madi still couldn't believe it, not even now. She was gonna say it so many times, every single time she looked at Luna, she was gonna repeat it enough so her mind would finally understand that she wasn't living in some hopeless dream she'd conjured up anymore, that this was real real REAL, and that she wasn't gonna wake up, because this wasn't a nightmare that she'd endured through so many times before.
This was real, and Madi was in her haven.
Everything. EVERYTHING EVERYTHING EVERYTHING was so real, she was so sure that it was real, but her mind felt like it was stuttering in the area between real and not real in suspended animation, because—
Her sister was ALIVE.
Her sister, who made jokes with her and laughed along as she strung sentences incomprehensible. Her sister, who played games with her and loved her spears so much that Madi sometimes wondered if she loved them more than her, but that had never been true because she'd always abandon her spears to play with her. Her sister who she loved to hate; who Madi enjoyed irritating the heck out of in a contest to see who could out-irritate each other the most; her sister who loved her family and brother and Madi herself, who took care of them when their parents weren't there; who cared and loved him, her, them, all of them, even though it had never seemed so.
Her sister who LOVED her was here, was real.
This was real.
''So you made a Clan?!'' Madi burst out in excitement, as she gazed on her sister with awe. Sister, sister, sister. ''What'd you name it?!''
''Floukru,'' Luna said, half in modesty and a half in sheepishness—her features warm at Madi's excitement. And then, almost noticing her own blush, Luna added: ''Didn't you listen to my tale, ai sis?'' she teased, mock-offended. ''Or have you already forgotten your lessons on the 12 krus of us?''
Madi didn't seem to hear her but rambled on. ''Aw, not after our game!'' Madi scowled, but on the inside, she was beaming with happiness. SHE REMEMBERED! SHE DIDN'T FORGET!
Luna only laughed. ''Yes, after our game, ai sis.'' Then, she nudged her, at Madi gasped and squealed until she forcibly nudged Luna back.
Ai sis! You're not winning this! Madi thought as she grinned, and tried to push Luna's arm away to prevent an incoming nudge, but it did nothing to faze her.
''No! Stop!'' Madi gasped out via a fit of giggles, as Luna attacked her with a bunch of tickles. Collapsing in on herself to save herself from the significant onslaught, Madi buried her head into her legs, hiding her helpless grin as she squirmed under Luna's tickles. Clarke was bad enough!
And then, Madi suddenly gasped in horror, which led to Luna's quick pause in her tickling as she gazed at Madi in concern, and Madi paused in her squirming enough to stare at Luna incredulously as if she was just digesting what was being said. ''Of course I listen to the classes! I'm not some typical... gona!'' she said indignantly, which only made Luna laugh in what could only describe as relief. ''And it's thirteen now!'' she said in triumph, in a ''ai sis I remember but you don't!'' type of sibling-mocking manner.
Luna chuckled, as she took a glance at Madi who stuck out a tongue. ''It is. I keep forgetting,'' she admitted. It was new to Luna, at least, the idea of Skaikru, the 13th Clan to join the Coalition. She found it most unusual that not only did this new kru manage to survive but to be accepted into Lexa's Coalition, as well. Of course, she knew why now, if by how Lexa and Clarke looked at each other wasn't glaringly obvious enough already, but added to the fact that had shared at least a short three quick kisses while skinning fish on the counter, Luna certainly understood some of the sentiment behind it.
