Natalia lifted her head at the sudden commotion coming from outside of the preservation room where the greens were being prepared for storage for the winter season. Having just finished unloading her basket, she decided there was no harm in indulging her curiosity for a moment before returning to the fields.

Had she any inkling that the striking silver-haired man petting the bird was the same man she'd harshly scolded her first day of awakening on Crystallis, her reaction would have been very different indeed. Instead, finding the scene grandly touching, she slipped the basket onto her elbow and brushed her sleeve across her brow to ride herself of any lingering beads of perspiration.

"My, it certainly is fond of you," she giggled, stopping a respectable distance away from the pair. "I take it this one belongs to you?"