He - she will never keep waiting.

On blackened wings, Isopia swiftly flies. She has taken to scouring the skies with her golden eyes trained downwards - she has detected a pattern in the way her herd moves through the land, and she wants to know if it will hinder or hinge on the secrets she keeps. Will their wanderings take them closer to her small hut? Her pool? Will they find her, and then demand to use the things that she as built, in their comings and goings?

She can't allow that.

And so she watches.

Perhaps that is why she finds Zero so quickly, or, as ever before, perhaps it is simply fate. Perhaps the anticipation she feels in her heart is him calling out to her, pulling her close, rather than her desire to keep herself hidden away.

As soon as she sees him below, her breath catches in her chest. Zero. She thinks softly to Hubris, who is already paying attention. Never before has the dragon felt Isopia's thoughts so strongly pull towards another - save for when he hatched, in Volterra's presence - and so the bronzey creature takes note. Hurry.

Her blackened body dives down low, like a jet headed towards the one winged-boy. She takes no notice of what he has, and instead focuses on whether or not they have been found out. If Archibald or Kaj arrive, he will surely be escorted out. And if others find the boy ... well, they will want to know how Isopia knows him, and where they are headed. Both things she would prefer to keep to herself.

"Quickly. Don't let them see you." Her voice appears through the dappled sunlight, as her blackened body twists before him. There is urgency in her tones, and she hopes that he will take note. She doesn't think she's being overly dramatic when she thinks that there's no time to explain. Inside, she desperately wants Zero to see the life she's created for herself, tucked happily away in her glade. She might have wanted Volterra to be in awe of her, to see what she was capable of, but she wants Zero to be proud of her. To delight in the things she delights in, and to share in the same simple happiness that they once did.

But that couldn't happen if they were found out.

"This way. Hurry!"

Her voice echoes behind her and Hubris as they flit on silent wings through the trees.