Sage gave SnowStorm a quick look of anger and hurt. "She's not my sister. She never was. It was all a lie, a lie she made up to help me! But it didn't, did it, Mri?" he hissed scornfully, wiggling out from under SnowStorm. He flicked the mud off his ears, and started to slowly push the mud off his back.
The Rollaby's eyes flashed violet. "A bell... I remember that bell... it used to ring so softly and so gently in my ear..."
Violet was replaced with brown-gold. "That's all I remember... I'm sorry. I think I like you too... I'm just not sure." She somehow missed Sage's comment, which made him furious. He suddenly jumped at her, driving her into the mud and splattering her with it too. "You don't remember, do you? How you broke me with that one small note, after you die and leave me already greiving, just to give me more bad news. You're a horrible pet, and I wish I hadn't known you." he said through clenched teeth, tears now running freely down his furry face. The Rollaby's eyes turned a fiery violet, now creased into angry eyes.
"Sage, get off me. Yes, I left you that note but I did it because I thought I wasn't going to come back, and I thought that you would appreciate knowing-"
"Knowing what? That I had no REAL family? That you... you pretended all this time? No, Mri. No. You did that out of guilt and pity. You didn't do it because you loved me. You did it so I wouldn't get mad at you for leaving me after your life was supposed to go with Xai're. But noooooooo. You come back to life, and you expect me to greet you with open paws, don't you?" he growled, pushing her deeper into the goo.
Even though she didn't want to hurt Sage, she had to do something or drown in mud. Quickly getting her feet under the Rollaby's body, she pried him off of her, him only coming her for a few seconds. It was all Mri needed to get up, shaking the mud out of her ears. "And I'm not Mri anymore. I'm not the same person. It's Nri now." she said, looking at Sage with both a furious and saddened gaze. Then she looked at SnowStorm, and tears welled up. "I... I never thought I'd see you again. After the battle." she reached into her Body Pouch and pulled out a small silver bell, it's shiny surface dotted with rain as it splatted against it. "They let me keep it. But not the dagger. I've missed you." she said, walking forward and embracing SnowStorm in a hug, holding the bell tightly in her left paw.