wherever she goes [joining] the river flows

[div style="margin: 0 auto; width: 55%; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;"]The tortoiseshell scrambled up to the group, tail waving as she came to greet the joiner. "Hey, Salty! My name is Aya, and I'm a.. uh..." Oh dear gods, her rank name had completely escaped her. Now she was just standing like a fool. "A firebrand!" She offered a friendly smile to Esmeray, hoping her memory falter didn't reflect too poorly on her. She would definitely have to investigate the joiner's faulty tear ducts though, at a time where the maintained eye contact wouldn't get weird very quickly.