Il'aria was smiling on the inside, but only because she was unable to smile on the outside. She loved Christmas, but sometimes she had to get away from all the people and the looks they always gave her when she wandered into a store or down a street corner. Not that she could blame them for such shock, though; most of them had probably never seen an angel before then, much less an angel doing Christmas shopping.
It was time for a break, though, as she kept reminding herself. She spent so much time in town that now seemed like a good time to take in the sights of Terra. She rarely ventured outside the wall of the mansion except to visit Aldrect (her favorite place in all of Terra, she would add). Maybe just one trip that wasn't to there or Nabias would do her some good.
So she had come to the beach. She had been told of this place, and how fantastic the sunsets looked when seen over the water and black sands of Sa'fir. And, now that she was seeing it for herself, she could go home and tell them they were right.
"Terra is such a lovely place," she muttered to herself with a raspy electronic sigh.