p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 11pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"Don't let her get to you, sweetheart," Ava comforted. "Your father would be proud of us."/span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 11pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;""Proud?!" Christel said. "Proud that we have lost everything? Or proud that we are failing our kingdom?" /span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 11pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;""Christel. What our kingdom needs is for a hero to rise up and save them." Ava hinted./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 11pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;""Yes!" Christel clapped her hands together. "A hero!"/span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 11pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"Christel ran to the map. "We can find us a hero!"/span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 11pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;""I only meant—" Ava began./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 11pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;""Who was that wise man that Father used to consult?" Christel asked./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 11pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;""Shadow Man." Ava said. "Your father never consulted Sensui. I did. When I was pregnant with you I had complications. I was afraid. Sensui gave me a potion and it worked. I had to give him leave to operate his deals in Orleans. It caused great heartache. You must stay away from that man!" /span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 11pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;""Mother, I will go into it with a wise mind." Christel said. "I have the benefit of your experience to learn from."/span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 11pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"Christel put on her shawl./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 11pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;""Don't worry Mama, I'm Almost There." /span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 11pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;""Proud?!" Christel said. "Proud that we have lost everything? Or proud that we are failing our kingdom?" /span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 11pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;""Christel. What our kingdom needs is for a hero to rise up and save them." Ava hinted./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 11pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;""Yes!" Christel clapped her hands together. "A hero!"/span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 11pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"Christel ran to the map. "We can find us a hero!"/span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 11pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;""I only meant—" Ava began./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 11pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;""Who was that wise man that Father used to consult?" Christel asked./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 11pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;""Shadow Man." Ava said. "Your father never consulted Sensui. I did. When I was pregnant with you I had complications. I was afraid. Sensui gave me a potion and it worked. I had to give him leave to operate his deals in Orleans. It caused great heartache. You must stay away from that man!" /span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 11pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;""Mother, I will go into it with a wise mind." Christel said. "I have the benefit of your experience to learn from."/span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 11pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"Christel put on her shawl./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 11pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;""Don't worry Mama, I'm Almost There." /span/p