I DO NOT OWN FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES.

Sanhy was on the brink of tears, she released Kyth's arm and took a step away. She had been so sure that she could trust Kyth to protect her; hearing him agree to kill her with his own hands, broke her heart more than all the days she had spent with Carlyle combined.

The Elder turned and began to walk away "I will begin the preparations for the ritual then."

Once she was out of sight Sanhy turned to Kyth with tears in her eyes "why!? Why damn it!?" she screamed, pounding her fists on his chest "why did you bring me here? If you wanted me dead why didn't you just kill me!? And why would you have kept me warm that night? To make me believe you cared !?" She fell to her knees sobbing into her hands.

Kyth knelt before her so their faces were level "Sanhy," he said softly. In an instant Sanhy's hand flew through the air smacking Kyth with all the strength she could muster.

"WHY!!" Her furious eyes burned with hatred.

Kyth gripped shoulders firmly "Sanhy listen to me!" she calmed slightly and he went on "you are not going to die, did you think I would agree to such things if I had any doubt that you would pass the Judgment?"

Sanhy dried her eyes and shook herself from Kyth's grip "what is this Judgment?" she croaked, her voice hoarse from crying.

"The Judgment of Sai-Vero: a ritual that decides the fate of any human that sets foot in Siadrwa. The human must strip themselves to their purest form and then cross the spring of Sai-Vero." Kyth explained slowly.

Sanhy looked at Kyth "I just have to swim across a spring?"

Kyth shook his head "not swim, walk." Sanhy looked confused "at the other side of the spring there is a pillar of ice, inside there is the body of Sai-Vero; the mother of the Asemic tribe." Kyth paused and drew a diagram of the spring and the pillar in the dust "if an Asemic sets foot on the water's surface it will freeze beneath their feet, if the water freezes for you then you will have passed the Judgment."

Sanhy took a moment to fully absorb all of this information before she turned to Kyth "what makes you so sure that I can pass?" she asked.

Kyth smiled warmly "because you are different from other humans, and from being so close to me for so long you bear the scent of an Asemic," he stood up and helped Sanhy to her feet.

He lead her into a vast chamber that practically glowed with a shimmering blue light, Sanhy saw the spring stretched before her and the ice pillar in the distance.

The Elder turned to her and smiled devilishly "whenever you are ready," she said.