Soon, they would face the wall, and they were already one companion short. However, it was not something that they had anticipated, as she left by her own choice.

Of course, Gann didn't have any fanciful illusion of them all swearing eternal comradeship. After all, this was not some play, although it might be fun to act in one someday. However, after a certain stage, there was an unspoken knowledge that they would all stay with Storm and help him to end the curse.

Not anymore though…

"I can deal with this." Storm was saying to Amiltha, who was sitting right beside him. "At least it didn't happen in the middle of a battle and…"

"It's alright, Storm." She interrupted him gently. "You can say whatever you want and I won't hold it against you."

"Why don't you join him, there is a spare spot on his other side?" Gann suggested to Safiya, who was watching. In a way, it was almost amusing to see her starting to become someone rather different when their leader was involved.

Perhaps it was these light amusements that hold them all together.

"I would like to help him." She admitted. "However, I do not think that I would be able do so. I do not know how."

"Then perhaps I can help you." smirking slightly, he gave her a little push toward the direction of the other two. "Although I am perhaps helping myself too."

He was right, because Amiltha decided to leave Storm with Safiya. She either understood because it did not involve her, or she merely pretended to not understand the issue that involved her.

"…and how are you faring?" Gann asked and his tone was actually not full of his usual flippancy. Perhaps it was because unlike Safiya, he knew what ought to be said. "Despite everything, you did like Kaelyn too."

"Yes, to a certain extent, although there are times when I dislike her too. However…" at this, her voice was a bit sad, "I did not wish for it to end like this."

"Well, then maybe I can comfort – " the glint in his eyes was back again and he spread open his arms.

"No." she said simply. "Besides…it is nothing that I can't handle."

"Yes…" his voice was serious again, and she could not help but to wish that it would not be so. That he would continue those light hearted words that would not hurt. "Because you faced worse."

"…you had no right to enter my dreams." She hissed.

"Yet I did, and you might as well accept that fact." He said. "But that is why I am confused. Your position is not unlike Akachi's, yet you will choose to side against Storm if he choose to participate in the crusade."

"Why should I answer you, Gann?" she snapped.

"You do not have to," he admitted. "But I would like to know the answer."

"Kelemvor is my God." She said simply.

"Just as Myrkul was Akachi's god. I can understand if you do not wish to launch an open crusade as our celestial companion would, but I can not understand why you will not do something when you have the chance. To see what you have seen…I would have thought that this might have made you faith waver, or at the very least you would not choose to defend it so. You would even fight against one who is like a brother to you."

"You think I will resent my faith after I have seen what happened? If I do that then I am no better then a child who hit others and gets angry if I am the one who is hit." At this, a sudden look of disgust appeared on her face. "That would make me just like that foolish and arrogant woman. I have worshipped Kelemvor for a very long time, and I know about the wall. Therefore, I cannot suddenly turn against my faith just because it is now a situation that I do not like. Besides…you have seen what he is like, as well as having heard him. The punishment was cruel, but not unjust."

"…I do not think I can understand you." Gann said. "But maybe that is why you interest me."

However, this was clearly the wrong thing to say.

"Yes and you will fly away once you are bored. I know that man like you will inevitably get bored once you get what you wanted." She sneered. "At least he was honest about this."

"…do not insult me by comparing me with that ranger, Amiltha." His voice was low, but the anger was evident.

"Yes…perhaps that was uncalled for." She admitted. "You are a much better person then he ever was. However…there are parts of you that are similar to him. You hate to be shackled too. You might not kill for it as he sought to, but you will escape from it by walking away. Therefore…find someone else to amuse you, because I can not."

The words seemed harsh, but they were actually spoken in a very gentle way. She was sincere, but her words were very ironic because she was the one who walked away.

Amiltha did not want to sleep because she knew what she would see in her dreams. Even worse was the fact that they would not be dreams, but realities.

"You accept what happens, yet you dislike it." Gann commented as he sat beside her. "Perhaps that is why you are hard to understand, although I am starting to understand more now."

This was because he was growing up, and unlike a child, an adult has to realise that life was not always full of either of choices.

"I accept that this is what must be, but it doesn't mean that I would enjoy seeing it." she whispered and he suspected that she was actually crying due to the way that her body was shaking. "I don't. He was a bad man who deserved punishment but I do not think it warrant that. Yet because he was a faithless soul, this must happen. It is hard because I…because I still love him despite all that he did. I want him to find peace and I know that he would find peace when the wall gives him a second death, but having to see him suffer is too painful."

He placed an arm around her and she did not shake it off, because she understood that he was merely comforting her as a companion would. She smiled slightly and when she raised her head to face him, he saw that she was indeed crying. Very gently, he wiped her eyes for her.

"…allow me to enter your dreams with you." he said. "You should not have to face it alone."

"I think I know how you managed to charm all these women now." She said with a slight smile. "But as for your offer…this is the one time I will forgive you for entering a locked door."

"But this will be the one time when the door is opened."

Author's Note: The heretic is Gann. I don't think he is an 'atheist' because he has seen the gods, so he knows that they exist. But he just simply refuses to believe them. Yet he does believe in things such as the spirits. Therefore, I feel that it is more suitable to describe him as a heretic, as he is one who chooses to have an alternate belief then the norm. Unlike the last chapter, this chapter and the next sort of have Amiltha and Gann's point of view together, although I tried to make this chapter more about Gann.

Yes, Gann likes Amiltha, but how much he likes her is not fully clear. Likewise, there is implication of how Safiya likes Storm (KC). Whether it is friendship or love is debatable, but they are companions who have been through a lot so it is natural that he would care for the others too. At least by this stage, near the end of the game.

The woman Amiltha refers to is not Kaelyn. She actually likes Kaelyn. She is referring to someone she dislike, I will leave it up to you to guess, although I do not think that it is very hard.

I didn't realise this until I was typing my story, but there is a parallel to Akachi. However, this was not intentional. Amiltha was just an NPC that I wanted to pair up with Bishop and write some extracts on. However, this then happened. Like Akachi, Amiltha loved someone who has no deity, and so would end up being at the wall of faithless. Yet they themselves both worship the god that was responsible for the wall. Akachi would rebel against his god, but Amiltha actually accepts it. For me, Amiltha's acceptance is a very interesting factor. One of the inspiration of the story. It is true that she might be acceptant because there is nothing she could do about it. After all, she is just a normal mortal. However, it is surprising that she is so acceptant. Not only does she not blame Kelemvor for any of this, she even state that she would fight Storm if he wishes to tear down the wall, despite this being a possible chance to help Bishop. It is almost as if she is saying that this is justified, that Bishop should be there at the wall, suffering.

And perhaps in a way she is saying so. First of all, Amiltha is a worshiper of Kelemvor so she knows about the teaching. Not to mention that like any person in Faerun, she knows that if you don't have a god/deity, then you would end up being at the wall. I think for her, she regarded it as a law and it would be hypocritical of her to complain about it just because someone she loves is involved. Of course, she does not want Bishop to be there, but she accepts it, as that is caused by him no having a god. It is like saying that you agree to a law for people who steal being punished and you accept people who steal being punished. But one day your own kin is caught stealing and then you suddenly feel that the punishment for stealing is too harsh. However, this is just how Amiltha would have seen it. This is her view and I am not saying that any other in the game have this view.

Now that I think about it, Gann does have remarkably similarity with Bishop. For a start, both of them have a dislike toward honour, responsibility and obligation (but I guess that ended up being a major difference, because Gann will actually change due to what happened to his mother. I think he really grew up and realised that there are responsibilities that he has to accept. And I think that is why he is able to always stay with the PC, unlike what would happen with Bishop. I think even if Bishop ends up with the PC, there would still be times when he would just suddenly have to get away from it all. He would come back, but there would be times when he just must leave. I think Gann would not do that because he is not afraid of responsibility as Bishop was.