As soon as Elliana brought the flame close to her, it quickly died out, to be replaced by a growing warmth in her chest. Before her vary eyes the world seemed to be cast in a different light. The forest that she loved so much seemed more mysterious, and alluring, and a sudden wanderlust struck her as she imagined what secrets it might hold.
Turning back to her companions, they too seemed somehow different, more familiar. As she thought of the good times, and bad, that they had shared in the short time she had known them, they seemed more like family than mere friends, and she found herself longing for the one that was missing.
Finally, her eyes roamed across the four kitsune, and she saw them not as polite strangers, but the caring individuals they were. Asking for almost nothing in return, they had welcomed them into their home, and given them succor. They had even shown her the secret gift of their kind, and let her see the world as if through new eyes.