Tiamat happily followed along. Usually she wasn't the type to play follower to anyone (except maybe Kairi) but she was more than happy to make an exception in the name of dratiniship. She had her own stories to share, of course. Like how fun it was to splash water at Charmanders, and how good Dratinis were at making moats around sand castles.

"Yeah..." Kairi sort of wished he hadn't brought it up, but there was nothing for it now. She sighed quietly, letting herself lean against Zack slightly. Just thinking about it stirred up bad feelings again. "It's been pretty rough, but I'm starting to feel better."