Xavkul and Graeme had left their two sons, Seifer and Zell with Edea Kramer at her orphanage. They all stood inside of the little stone house which was near the shoreline of the ocean. The lighthouse was not too far away from it. "Now, Seifer..." Xavkul started as he kneeled in front of him. "You need to be strong...your mom and I need to leave you here."
"But why?" a three year old Seifer interrupted as he wiped his wet, tearstained face.
"You need to stay somewhere safe so you can grow up," Graeme replied as she tucked away some of her short blonde hair behind her ear.
"But I want to grow up with you!!" Seifer wailed as he hugged his father. Two year old Zell was sniffling beside him.
"That isn't possible," Xavkul told him sternly. "I want you to stay safely away from us."
"Mommy!" Zell cried as he ran up and hugged his mother's leg.
"It is about time we go Xavkul," she looked down to her husband as he in turn looked up at her.
"Yes, I'm afraid it is..." Xavkul told her sadly. He faced Seifer once again and told him, "I want you to be strong like a knight. Do knights cry?"
"No daddy," Seifer answered as he brought his sleeved arm up to wipe his eyes.
"That's my good boy, come give daddy a hug." Seifer wrapped his little arms around his father's shoulders in a tight hug.
As Xavkul began to stand up, Seifer pleaded, "Pwease don't go daddy!!" Xavkul bent down to kiss a wailing Zell, whom was still holding on to Graeme's leg.
Edea walked over to the two little boys and held them both in a firm but gentle embrace as they watched their parents leave the orphanage. Xavkul looked at Edea and she nodded solemnly, Xavkul nodded back once before turning Graeme in the other direction to walk out the door.
"MOMMY!! DADDY!!" Zell wailed while holding his arms out to them. Graeme was about to turn back to get her two sons, but Xavkul stopped her by shaking his head. Soon, they were both out the door.