Claudia sighed, staring at the book Callum was letting her read in an attempt to learn about primal sources.

Maybe it was just because she was trying to do it quickly, since she wanted to be able to use magic again. She wasn't particularly helpful if she didn't, and she had to protect Callum and Ezran while they returned Zym. But regardless, it just didn't seem like her thing.

Rayla wanted her to learn primal magic, and so did Callum and Ezran. Her friends all wanted her to be able to do primal magic. But it was just... very different.

Primal magic was a lot different from what she was used to, especially without a primal stone. And Claudia didn't really know a lot about star magic, either, which wasn't surprising since it wasn't common here, either.

Learning magic would be helpful to their current mission, though their disguises were also great. But their elf impressions could still use some work, and Ezran didn't have one.

She didn't particularly want to stop using her magic, but talking to Rayla made it seem... different.

It wasn't like she didn't know elves could be used for magic. She had known that for a long time, but it wasn't like she was friends with any elves before. But here Rayla was, and she was her friend.

"Okay, book." Claudia said, sitting up. She opened it and looked through it for something about star magic, "Let's see what you have about star magic."

"Viren, you can't do this." Someone argued hesitantly. Corvus and Gren weren't quite sure who in particular, due to how many people there were.

It was surprising that, even with how much stronger he seemed to have gotten, he hadn't attempted to chain them up, although he was quite busy lately.

But he was acting weird lately, like perhaps he was taking a different approach than chaining them up. That wouldn't work very well now, though. Whatever he had in mind, it didn't seem particularly great.

"And why exactly is that?" He questioned, turning away from the mirror briefly and staring at them.

"Ezran returned, and he told us that Callum was okay, too." Another person argued, "But then you attacked him, after you broke out-"

"He is a child. We need someone who can make tough decisions." He interrupted, "If we don't work together and fight, then the elves and dragons are going to do it for us."

"You have no proof that they will." Corvus said, "I saw the dragon that Soren fought, but it wasn't even attacking until he started the fight."

Viren sighed, "I'm not sure you understand. Even with how many times I've explained it, none of you seem to get it!"

He pulled something off of the mirror, "Let's try a different approach."

It was starting to seem like Claudia had already read pretty much everything about star magic, and there really wasn't anything about unlocking the star arcanum. Though, she did learn some cool star magic.

Callum had told her about how he unlocked the sky arcanum a lot of times, though he mentioned that it really wasn't easy. Sometimes, though, it just seemed like she wouldn't be able to.

Rayla approached her, like she often did, "Claudia?"

She looked up from the book, and then closed it. Claudia stood up, noticing that Callum, Ezran, Zym and Bait were a little bit behind Rayla. They all looked ready to leave.

"We're getting really close. We could probably even get there there within a day or two, if we really try." Rayla smiled, glancing at the map Callum was holding.

"Yep," Callum replied, and then pointed towards something on the map, "Actually, it looks like if we take this path we'll get there a little bit faster."

"Is it anything like the last path?" Ezran asked, picking up the baby dragon, "Because that one was kinda..."

"It doesn't look like it is." Callum argued, "And besides, that last one did get us there slightly faster, right?"

"Maybe a little." Rayla said, "Although, that one does look safer. Or, at least it would be if you all had elf disguises, since there's maybe just a few elves."

"Would they be able to tell Ezran is human if he wore this?" Callum asked, holding up what he previously used as a disguise.

"There's a lot of them, Callum." Rayla argued, "Maybe a few of them wouldn't notice, but there's a whole bunch of them there."

"Right. No slightly faster path."

Rayla turned around, "So, we should probably go."

He sighed, leaning against a tree. They were probably further than where they should have been, even if it wasn't that far.

"He's too strong for us to be able to do anything." Corvus told him, "We have to tell Amaya."

Gren nodded, though a little distracted by what he was holding in his hand.

"And I'm sure we can find a way to help him." Corvus mentioned, looking at what was in Gren's hands.

"That would be great." Gren looked at the coin, and sighed, "Though, I'm not quite sure if it's possible."

Zym ran around, excited. Though, at some points he was starting to fly around.

"We're almost there." Ezran said, smiling at Zym. Zym ran up to him and jumped in his arms, and then quickly went over to Callum as well.

Rayla sat down, leaning against a tree. Claudia was sitting next to her, watching as the baby dragon ran around.

"Just a few days and he'll be home." Rayla mentioned, smiling at the baby dragon who then ran up to Claudia. She pet him.

Rayla stood up and walked towards some bushes, looking behind them, "There's other elves here... But it looks like..."

"Like what?" Callum asked, standing up and walking closer towards Ezran.

"I'm not sure." Rayla mentioned, "We need to go."

"We should split up." Callum suggested, "You and Claudia can take Ezran, Zym and Bait. I'll distract them."

"It's too dangerous." Rayla argued.

"That is pretty dangerous." Claudia added in, "Why don't you just come with us?"

"I have a disguise, which is pretty realistic. And I also have magic, including that one that makes the ice. It'll give you guys a better chance to get away if they attack."

"We don't even know if they will."

"Yeah, but if they do then we'll be ready to fight them." Callum argued, "You guys should go, I'll catch up later."

"Are you sure about this?" Rayla asked.

"Well... Sort of."