"Umm… heh." Sheena said, cautiously.

"You're a summoner." Kratos said.

Sheena nodded, slowly.

"A summoner? But I thought the art of summoning had been lost to this world!" Raine shouted. Since she was back on land, she was perfectly fine, and her ruin mania, which apparently applied to both ruins and lost arts. For all anyone knew, though, those lost arts may have been used in the ruins (when they weren't ruined) so in a way it all worked out.

"Well, it hasn't." Sheena said, biting her lip, worried.

"Sheena, that was so cool!" Genis and Colette hurried over to her side, amazed.

Kratos glared at the girl, 'Yes, girl, I'll definitely be keeping an eye on you.'

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Anna leaned against one of the walls of the Inn the group was staying in. Kratos was standing next to her. They were waiting for Sheena to come out of her room- they had requested to speak with her.

"There's no other way, Kratos?" Anna asked softly, "This is risky."

"This is the only option." Kratos said, his mind set on whatever he was choosing to do.

Sheena hurried over, "Y-you wanted to see me?" she asked, worried.

"Yes, come with us." Kratos said. The married couple lead Sheena down the streets of Palmacosta to an empty area overlooking the water.

Sheena stood there awkwardly.

"What are you doing in Sylvarant?" Kratos got right to the point.

Sheena's eyes widened, "W-what are you talking about?"

"Tethe'allan clothes. Tethe'allan abilities, Tethe'allan summon spirit. What is a Tethe'allan doing in Sylvarant?" Kratos looked at the girl sternly.

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Lloyd and Genis were sitting on the docks watching Mystera flip through the water happily.

"I can't believe we met a protozoan." Genis said.

Lloyd nodded, "I can't believe I bonded with a protozoan."

"Is she going to come with us?" Genis asked his friend.

"She wants to." Lloyd frowned, "But she can't be out of the water for very long since she's still in the aquan stage- her body can't survive. Plus, she can't walk, so…"

"Oh, that's true." Genis said.

"But she said I can always call her when I'm near water." Lloyd said, "Since we're bonded, apparently she can hear me and know when I'm calling. I don't know…"

Mystera poked her head above the water and a sort of squeaking bark could be heard.

"Awww!" Colette squaled.

Genis and Lloyd jumped, "Colette, you scared us!"

"Sorry." Colette smiled, sitting down. Mystera swam over and rubbed against her legs. "Mystera, you're so cute!" Colette grinned.

"She says thank you." Lloyd said.

Mystera flipped back into the water again as someone came up behind them- a priest.

"Chosen one?" he spoke.

Colette stood up, brushing her tunic off, "Ah, yes?"

"The church was wondering you would do a sermon." The priest said.

"Oh, sure!" Colette said with clearly fake excitement- at least to those who knew her. "Lloyd, will you tell your parents-"

"Yeah." Lloyd nodded, smiling sadly at Colette.

Colette smiled back and followed the priest off.

"What's wrong, Lloyd?" Genis asked, "It's just a sermon."

Lloyd shook his head, "It's nothing."

Mystera resurfaced and squeaked.

Lloyd chuckled softly, "Thanks, Mystera."

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"Please don't hurt me! I swear I'm not here to hurt anyone!" Sheena pleaded.

Anna's eyes widened.

"I really am lost! I don't know how I got here and I don't know how to get back!" Sheena shouted.

'Well, of course she wouldn't tell us if she was the assassin.' Anna thought.

"I'm sorry for lying, but I never said I was Sylvaranti."

Kratos nodded, sheathing his sword.

"Really?" Sheena's eyes widened.

"You admitted to it." Kratos said, "I'm keeping an eye on you, but you're okay for now."

Sheena smiled gratefully and took off.

"Was that wise?" Anna asked, "If she really is here to kill Colette…"

"I can't just kill her without proof."
Kratos said, "Besides, she doesn't know Colette is the Chosen yet."

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"Forcystus, what are you still doing in Palmacosta? I thought you were going back to Izoold." Lloyd asked the older man.

"With that worm still loose out there?" Forcystus asked, "I don't think so."

"Oh that's right, it wasn't killed by that spell." Lloyd frowned.

"If you're worried about Mystera, don't be." Forcystus said, "She's survived this long by herself- she'll be fine. You have to stay with your family right now, but she'll be there when you get to see again. Protozoans live a long time, and again, she's just in the first stage."

"True…" Lloyd nodded, before smiling, "Thanks, Forcystus."

"No problem. Well, I've got to go find a place to stay, so I'll see you around, kid." Forcystus waved as he walked off.

Lloyd thought about what he had said, "Yeah. Forcystus is right."

From the water, Mystera squeaked in agreement.

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"Noishe!" Lloyd ran over to the Protozoan. He hadn't been able to come on the ship, so he'd found his own way across. Since he was Noishe, no one questioned it- No one ever questioned Noishe.

"Noisheeee!" Anna ran over hugging the over grown dog, "Hey, Lloyd, you should bring him to meet Mystera!"

"Okay!" Lloyd said, "Come on, Noishe!" Lloyd lead Noishe down to the docks. "Mystera!" he called.

The aquan poked her head above the surface.

Noishe immediately growled at her.

Lloyd blinked, "Noishe, she's a protozoan like you!"

Noishe kept growling.

"Noishe!" Lloyd looked at Mystera, "I'm sorry, I don't know what's wrong with him…"

Mystera shook her head as Noishe barked angrily at her. Mystera quickly dove beneath the waves.

"Noishe! Bad dog!" Lloyd snapped.

Noishe whimpered.

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It was late. No one was out in Palmacasta- the lights were off, everyone was asleep. Colette opened her window and spread her wings, soaring out and twirling around in the air.

"This feels great…" Colette said, squeezing her eyes shut.

When she opened them again, she found herself over the water. She soared low and smiled as the scent of salt water reached her. She was flying back to Palmacosta when she Martel and Kratos talking on the docks.

'Wasn't Mara back in Izoold? No ships have come in since the worm incident… how did she get here?'

Colette couldn't puck up their conversation, but just as she was about to criticize herself for spying, Martel mock-saluted and took off into the air.

With wings.

Bright green wings that were incredibly similar to Colette's own, and Kratos didn't even blink.

Colette was too shocked to move, and Martel noticed her.

The green haired girl's eyes widened, "Y-you saw that?" she squeaked.

Colette nodded, slowly.

Martel sighed, "I am in so much trouble…"

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