"Samantha... you can see me?" Gwendolyn asked as she floated deliberately to the left side of the room.
The shadow familiar's eyes tracked her movement perfectly, following her ghostly form with clear awareness.
While in this world, Azel was the only living person that could see her anymore. Merek was already dead, and they weren't in the Underworld anymore where the rules were different so the fact that Samantha could actually perceive her brought Gwendolyn intense, unexpected joy.
The shadow pup barked once, the sound more like an echo than actual noise then she leapt gracefully into the air, settling comfortably in Gwendolyn's arms instead of passing straight through her incorporeal form like most physical objects did.
"So you can touch it too, huh?" Azel smiled warmly at Gwendolyn as she began rocking Samantha slowly like a baby. "I'm guessing it was yours when you were alive."
