Flynn looked over at the dark haired boy next to him, "Yuri? What are you looking at?"

Yuri frowned at the night sky above them, "Do you ever feel like there's something more out there?"

The blonde gave him a look, "...Well, there's the whole rest of the world out there..."

Yuri sat up, one knee drawn up and his arm resting on it, "Not like that. I mean, what do you want to do, Flynn?"

"Do?"

"Yeah, like, over all, you know?"

He recalled that first conversation they'd had, "I want to make things fair, remember?"

Yuri smiled, "Yeah, me, too. But, how do we start?"

"...Do you have a plan?"

"...Maybe."

"Are you going to tell me, or are you going to just keep it all to yourself?"

Yuri rested his head on his arm, "Well... I've been thinking about the Furball. I've been thinking about how making that little girl happy made me feel. I like that feeling. I think... I want to make people happy, and make things fair."

Flynn rolled over so he could see the whole night sky and not just Yuri, "Those are good goals... but that doesn't sound like a plan."

"Everyone in the Lower Quarter suffered through that winter, not just us. But everyone up in the Royal Quarter lived in the lap of luxury all season. That doesn't seem fair to me."

"...We're going to get in a lot more trouble again, aren't we?"

Yuri finally looked at him completely and smiled, "Yeah; probably."

Flynn took a long breath, and let out a deep sigh. Chances of death and injury were part and parcel with Yuri, criminal activity more of a given; it was like Yuri had taught him all that time ago; it was all matter degree and necessity. Flynn hummed in thought, "You know, you sound a little like a story my mom used to tell me..."

"What story is that?"

"The story of Brave Vesperia, the brightest star in the sky." he sat up and scooted closer to Yuri to point up, "...That one, right there."

"And how did that story go?"

"That a long time ago this great threat to the whole world appeared and everyone that tried to stop it was lost to its darkness. When everything was at its darkest, and there seemed to be no hope at all, two people appeared, and together they were able to get rid of the darkness. One of them was called Brave Vesperia, and left to the sky to watch over the world from then on to make sure the darkness never came back, while the other stayed to help the people. You remind me of Brave Vesperia, just this bright star watching over everything and trying to correct everything wrong with the world."

Yuri laughed and pushed Flynn over, "Shut up. Like you're any better! Maybe I'm the one that stays behind while you go on to lofty heights mister morals."

"I'd stay with you, I think." Yuri followed him down and laid his head against Flynn's shoulder, "...Yuri?"

"The ground is hard and you make a good pillow. So, tell me again how I'm like this star. Tell me that story again."

Flynn felt his face heating up, "A-alright. Once upon a time..."