As Gaia and Bette both dressed there was a deafening silence among them. Although, Gaia stood by her side in battle against the nomadic women, things had now returned to how they once were. Not one single word had been exchanged between them. Gaia was the first to dress and immediately removes herself from inhaling the same air as her former friend. No longer bothered by the strain in their relationship Bette secures her cloak tightly around her waist grabs her sword from the table then heads to the exit to greet the others.

“I see you and Bette are sisters yet again, “one of her followers sarcastically says.

“We are not.”

“No?”

“No, ”she responded sternly, “We remain enemies.”

“Yet you stand beside her in battle.”

“I stood beside a fellow soldier not a friend I would have done the same for all.”

“Apologies, the mistake is mine.”

“Yes it is…… I wish not to discuss this matter further.”

“Understood, “she says grabbing the reigns of her horse gazing at Gaia as she trotted a few feet in front of her.

“You are blinded by foolish pride.” Gaia moved from her previous position in hopes of escaping such conversation, however there she stood beside her yet again.

“I am not, “she raises her voice then lowers it, “I expressed earlier I do not wish to continue such pointless conversation!”

“Although, I understood I believe your stubbornness hinders proper reconciliation.”

“Proper reconciliation!? She laid with my wife a vision that will never fade from memory!”

“To say I understand how the heart swells would be spoken with false tongue my concern, both ears and heart obey words spoken from a cunt and not from a woman you once deemed close friend and sister.”

“When ask she did not deny such!”

“Remove heart from matter and use mind, she laid with your wife before becoming your wife.”

“It is the same!”

“If you truly believe it so you would not have stood beside her to fight in battle.”

“I stood beside a fellow soldier!” A lie she knew once the words parted her lips.

“You stood beside a friend and sister! Thought of Bette falling to anothers sword prompt worry!” Since the conversation begun for the first time Gaia was speechless as the words filling her ears spoke truths. All her years as a soldier she had never fought alongside an enemy as to why she did it, in her heart she knew Bette would have done the same. She owed it to herself, her wife, and to Bette to know the truth.