p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: large;"Chapter 5/span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"3/span/spansupspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"rd/span/span/supspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;" person/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"So the note you got from The Queen? What did it say?" Bereit asked The Captain, as he was eating the sweet he got from Vanessa, after she returned from to the ship, the ship now sailing. It was a sort of pastry that had a cookie n' creme filling, now practically leaking out of it. It also had vanilla frosting on the top of it./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"It's about me being apart of her army. Of course, I still turn her down on the idea." The Captain answered./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Still? So she asked before?" Bereit asked./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Way before the Frozen Hearts even existed." The Captain said, putting the letter on the table. "I was a travelling merchant with my parents when I was younger, around my twenties. We came to Holhen, and of course, Terror Bringers attacked a town we were in, and I handled them along with some of the army's men that happened to be there. They liked my tricks and recommended me to join them. Of course, I turned the idea down, but her offer still stands it seems." The Captain explained./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Huh... a mercenary, that has history with a Queen. Almost sounds like something straight out of a book." Bereit commented./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Same with you with that Summoner. A person that works for money with somebody that can summon the Divines." The Captain pointed out./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Know a writer?" Bereit asked sarcastically./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"What? Can't write a book yourself?" The Captain asked./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Didn't pick up on novel writing, no." Bereit said sarcastically. "But if there was one person I'd love to hear their life story about..."/span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The Captain. ====/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Imbir./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Vanessa./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"It would be you, Captain." Bereit said, with a smile. "Sure, you've told me a lot of your adventures in life, but I bet there's a lot you left out."br /br /The Captain burst out laughing, gently slapping his hand on the desk. "Oh man, than you'd never get it done."/span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Well, that would be a good thing then." Bereit said, crossing a leg, taking another bite of his /br /The Captain looked at Bereit. "What good's a book with no ending?"/span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Always something to look forward to. Adventure in every chapter." Bereit answered./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"But with no end, it'll loose it's drive, it's build up to the end. A story with no end, is not a story." The Captain said./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit thought about what he said, looking at his cookie n' creme pastry. "Wow... that's... actually kinda deep."/span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Well... if you think it's a metaphor about life than you've got another thing coming." The Captain pointed out./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit laughed sheepishly, blushing slightly. "Ah..." He said, scratching his head./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The Captain chuckled. "You can look into things the way you want, but never take anything I say seriously. I'm not one for deep meanings anyway."/span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit tilted his head slightly. "Yeah, I understand." He then stood up, finishing up his pastry. "Anyway, I'm heading to sleep. I'll see you tomorrow." Bereit said, walking out of The Captain's quarters./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Goodnight, Bereit." The Captain said./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit nodded. "Goodnight, Captain." He then closed the door behind him and went to the sleeping quarters to rest for the night. Before Bereit went to sleep, he took a look at the night sky that surrounded him on the main deck, looking at the half-moon, along with the stars. Bereit remembered back at Ozean, when him and parents sat at a camp fire, looking at the stars and moon, together. Comparing between then and now, he preferred back then, when he was sitting at a camp fire, with family. The thought of his family made him smile, as he looked directly at the moon./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Having enough, Bereit went to the sleeping quarters, to finally get some rest. He was about to hop on his bed, but he stopped, to see a book on the floor next to his bed. He picked it up, the cover having a heroic female knight at the front, having a sword in front of her, while her face had a scar on her nose, and some of her blonde hair on her face, the title reading, "History's Lies."/span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"He was getting close to the end of the book, and he didn't want to finish it, because he didn't want the story to end. He knew there was only one volume to this one. It was never continued or had any sort of sub-series. He sighed and put it back down. "I guess I'll have to read you eventually." Bereit said in a slight disappointed tone of voice. He closed his eyes, and drifted to sleep./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Throughout the night, he had a dream, where he was completely in the middle of nowhere, however, his left hand was coated in lightning and fire, as was his right arm, slowly creeping up his arms, close to reaching his body. He had this dream before. "I guess I used too much..." Bereit said to himself, as he then left the lightning and fire go all over his body. The fire and lightning was burning and painful, yet, he didn't make any sort of reaction, as if it didn't even hurt at all./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"1/span/spansupspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"st/span/span/supspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;" person/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"It was just a dream, I kept telling myself. But it was only just a reminder of what I was./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"3/span/spansupspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"rd/span/span/supspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;" person/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The morning sun began to rise, Bereit starting to wake up, hearing talking coming from the main deck, and seeing nobody asleep. He got up, pushing himself up with his left hand, to only feel a burning pain. He winced and then looked at his hand, to see burns all across it. "Son of a bitch..." He whispered./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Hide it./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Go see The Captain to get it treated. ====/span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Hiding it would do nothing good for him. But for now, he decided to hide it until he got to The Captain. He just then realized that his fingerless glove on his left hand was completely gone. He figured it got burnt to ashes. He then looked at his other hand, seeing that glove was perfectly fine. He sighed, and put both his hands in his pockets, to hide both, as if he was just putting them there./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"1/span/spansupspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"st/span/span/supspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;" person/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Sometimes, even my own magic will hurt me./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit walked to the main deck, to see everybody was awake, some eating their breakfast on the main deck, seeing some use barrels as tables, while most ate it on the floor, having plates. "Hey, Bereit." Jerozin called out, waving his hand to him./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit saw that Jerozin was sitting with two other members./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Join them./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Go to The Captain first. ====/span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"I'll sit with you guys in a second. I just need to talk to The Captain really quick." Bereit said, then walking to The Captain's quarters./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"No problem." Jerozin said, then turning back to the people he was sitting with./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit knocked on the door, his burnt hand visible for a second. The Captain then came out the door, poking his head out. "Morning, Bereit." He said, then fully opening the /br /Bereit nodded. "Morning, Captain. Uhh... I got a favour to ask."/span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The Captain raised an eyebrow. "Something wrong?"/span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit a small part of his hand, showing that it was burnt. The Captain had a slight shocked look to his face. "I see. Come in, I'll treat it."/span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit smiled. "Thanks." He said, then walked in./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The Captain then put a seat up for him, Bereit sitting down. "I'll fetch some cold water." The Captain said. It took him a bit of time, but he came back with a bowl of cold water, that had ice in it, with some bandages. "Put your hand in the water." The Captain instructed./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit nodded and slowly brought his hand in, starting with his fingertips. He winced, feeling the harshness of the cold against his burnt hand. He then put his whole hand in the water. Bereit had this sigh of relief, until he started to hear something from the bowl of water. He looked at it, to see the ice cubes melting, and felt the water grow warm. Bereit moved his hand away, as he looked at his hand again, seeing it give off some sort of heat./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"It must be your fire magic acting up again." The Captain said, holding his arm by the wrist, taking a look. He took the bandages and wrapped it around the hand, covering the whole hand, including the fingers. "I doubt it'll burn it to ashes, but it'll at least keep it covered. And if it does start to catch fire, dip it in water."/span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit nodded, looking at his bandage covered hand. "Hey, as long as it looks cool." Bereit joked, looking at the captain./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The Captain chuckled. "Yeah, there's always that." The Captain joked as well. "Oh, and just so you know. If anyone asks, it's a burn on your hand, but it was an accident."/span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"In all technicality, it was an accident." Bereit pointed out. Even then, he would have told the truth to anybody that asked. There was no point in making up some story./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Yeah, good point." The Captain /br /"Anyway, thanks for the help." Bereit said, walking out the door. /span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"He then went to Jerozin, and sat with him and the other two people he was sitting with. "Mornin' boys."/span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Morning." Jerozin and the other two said./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"So, we're travelling back to the island where the Summoner chick is, right?" Jerozin asked, looking at Bereit./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit nodded. "Yup. Apparently she has something she wants to ask me." Bereit said, telling them the reason why./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"What do you think it is?" One of the members asked, it being one with red hair./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Probably to ask me out./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"It must be personal. ====/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Don't know./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"If she has to tell me in person, it must be personal." Bereit guessed./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Do you think she wants you to be her Guardian?" Jerozin suggested./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit looked at him, and the idea sounded cool, but he was a bit nervous, thinking that there was some catch to it or something of the sort. "I don't know. The idea sounds cool, but I'm not sure if I'm up for the idea. It sounds like a huge responsibility."/span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"From what I hear, you accompany them across the world, helping them with their Pilgrimage." Jerozin explained./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"So, they do their Pilgrimage for what reason, exactly?" Bereit asked./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"That's, believe it or not, forbidden for us to know. Only they know what they do at the end of their Pilgrimage." Jerozin explained again./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit thought about it. Was it just to become a powerful Summoner and help people around the world? Or was it some sacred power they would get? "Well, I'll find out when we finish her Pilgrimage." Bereit said, showing he was actually into it./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Jerozin smiled, along with the other two. "Actually, do you think she'll tag along with us? She'll need an airship to get around."/span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Yeah. That's true. I just hope she's easy around crowds." Bereit said. Thinking that she might not be comfortable around crowds of people. But then again he just might be surprised./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Maybe it's the idea of being on a ship with mercenaries that would set her off, not people in general." The blonde member pointed out./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Yeah. I guess we'll just have to wait and see." Bereit said./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The three nodded, thinking he was right. After at least an hour of flying, they arrived back at the island where The Summoner was. Bereit chose to go alone this time, The Captain, Imbir and Vanessa stayed on the airship./span/span/p
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p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit went through the woods, actually fighting off monsters on his own. It was a bit of a fight since he was alone, but he handled himself. He made it to the shrine, sighing in relief. He was a bit nervous, wondering what it was that she wanted. He took a deep breath and walked to the front door, hesitating for a second, then opened it./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit then felt a child tackle him on the belly, him huffing in pain, only staggering back a little. He looked down, to see the child, Krit. The one that didn't like him. "You are not welcome here!" Krit said, pushing his /br /Krit! Stop it right now!" The familiar female voice of Shanan could be heard./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"He hurt her! He isn't allowed to come back!" Krit said, then punching his belly, though it didn't make him flinch./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit caught the boy's fists, as he then looked at Krit at eye level, Krit giving him an angered look./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Scare him./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Apologize. ====/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Remembering what Shanan asked of him through the letter, he decided to do as told. "Krit, I'm really sorry about what I accidentally did to her. I came here to apologize. I hope I can earn your forgiveness too." It was the trial that made her pass out before, but he decided to take the blame, hoping he'd get along with Krit./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Krit looked at Bereit, still having an angered look. "If she forgives you, than I will." He then huffed and turned around, stomping his feet as he walked away./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Not even the kid will say her name? Maybe she's just really conscious about it." Bereit said to himself. It really bugged him that nobody would say her name. He had yet to know why her name was such a secret. Or maybe it was just a coincidence./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit then looked at Shanan, smiling. "Hey, I'm back." He said sheepishly./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Shanan smiled and nodded. "Welcome back. I hope you are well."/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit nodded. "Yeah, I'm all good." Bereit said, putting his hands behind his head, mostly trying to hide his bandaged hand. "But, I did get a little souvenir from Holhen." He added, pointing to the scar on his nose./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Oh dear." Shanan said, in a slight shocked tone. "I hope nobody who was with you was injured." She said, assuming he had people with him, like The /br /Bereit shook his head. "Lead them to safety. They're all fine."/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"It's good to hear. I'm sure you'll make a grea-" She then stopped herself. "Umm, forget what I was about to say. Just an old lady rambling."/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit figured she was talking about him being a Guardian, and he already had his answer. He then saw one of the doors to the bedrooms open, seeing her again./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The girl was in the attire she was in before, but instead had this barely visible, see-through light blue cloak around her neck, with fabric going down her back and in front of herself. She saw Bereit, as her eyes has seemed to light up, happy to him again. She walked to him. "You've returned!" She said, in an excited tone./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit smiled. "Well, you know. I thought it would be polite to." He then remembered what Krit said, also seeing Krit eyeing him. He then brought his eyes to her. "Also, I want to apologize about the way I acted around you when we first met. I look back and I feel like a jerk."/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The girl shook her head. "I wasn't very polite myself. I called you names and the sort, so we both are to blame here."/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Yeah, I guess we are." Bereit said, as he laughed, her laughing back./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The girl then bowed slightly. "My name is 'Fallen.'" She introduced her same, finally revealing her name. "And, if you have received the letter, you know I have of something to ask of you."/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit nodded. "Yeah, I've been really curious." He said, showing he was excited to know, although he had a hunch on what it was./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen nodded, and paused for a moment. "May I have your name?"/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit completely forgot he never told her his name. "Bereit." He answered./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen nodded and looked at his eyes. "Bereit... will you be my Guardian?" She asked of him, her voice seeming to give off some uncertainty./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit knew that would be the question, although that didn't really matter. Bereit looked at her, and smiled. "Sure, I'm game... or, uhh, is there some sort of sacred quote I should say?"/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen shook her head. "No, that's my part." She then looked at Bereit and summoned a staff in her hand, the staff having a handle that was red with a ring in the middle, while the top was shaped like the symbol on the shrine. She then aimed it to his chest. "Bereit, I dub you, as my Guardian, my travelling companion." A symbol, the same as her staff, appeared in the air, and floated to his body, going into it. Bereit was nervous at first, but as it floated inside him, he was relieved to know it wouldn't hurt. "The symbol marks you as my Guardian, so you can enter trial areas with me, and other shrines will recognize you." Fallen explained, on what the symbol did./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit smiled, finding this to be interesting. "So, I'm a Guardian now?"br /br /Fallen nodded. "Correct. Now, we will embark to the other shrines, for me to face the trials, and become a Grand Summoner." Fallen said, explaining the purpose of a Summoner. Or at least her purpose./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"I look forward to it." Bereit said, having an excited smile./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen had this smile on her face, that showed she was really happy. She finally got her first Guardian. She just hoped it wouldn't be her last. She then turned to the children and Shanan. "It seems it is time for goodbyes." She said, a tone in her voice showing a bit of sadness./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Two little girls ran to each of Fallen's legs, hugging them tightly. "We'll miss you, Fallen." They said, Bereit noticing the sadness in their voices as well./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen kneeled to them, and hugged them both. "Don't worry, I will return. Now be strong girls, and give me smiles."/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The two girls then smiled, despite their eyes covered in tears./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen then wiped the tears around their cheeks off, and looked at Krit and Shanan. "Goodbye, Miss Shanan. Thank you for taking care of me." She said, with a bow./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Shanan smiled. "It was my pleasure dear." She then looked at Krit, seeing him hiding. "Don't you have something to say?"/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Krit looked at Shanan for a second, then looked at Fallen, showing tears on his eyes as well. "I..." He then wiped his eyes. "I'm not crying! I know you'll come back a Grand Summoner!" Krit said. "But... I will miss you too." He added, covering his eyes with his hands./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Despite Fallen only being there for two weeks, she was going to be missed by all the kids. She smiled and gently ruffled the Krit's hair. "Krit, you're a strong and brave boy. I bet when I come back, you'll be all grown up, and be even stronger than me."/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Krit looked at Fallen, and he smiled, with a determined look on his face. "When you come back, I'm gonna be wearing shining armour! And have a giant sword to defend everybody!"/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit actually found this heartwarming to watch. The way Fallen talked with the kids, and the words she used to try and make the kids happy, despite this being a sad moment for them./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen smiled, and hugged Krit. "I'll miss you." She said. Krit then looked at Bereit, Krit having a big smile on his face. Fallen then stood up, and turned to Bereit. "Okay, I'm ready to continue my Pilgrimage."/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit nodded, smiling. "Alright. Let's head out." Bereit said, as he walked to the entrance, as Fallen followed. She looked back at the others one last time and she waved to them, all waving back./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The doors closed behind them, finally stepping out that shrine. Fallen gave a determined deep breath, as she walked by Bereit's side. Bereit turned to look at Fallen, hearing her breath. "Nervous?"br /br /Fallen looked at him, nodding. "Yes. We have a lot of travel ahead of us. So this will be quite the journey on foot."/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"That's why we have an airship." Bereit pointed out./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen had a surprised look on her face. "You have an airship!?" She asked, in a surprised tone./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit nodded. "Yup. It belongs to The Captain, but yeah, this'll make your Pilgrimage way easier." Bereit said, smiling./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen looked at him, as a smile grew on her face. "That's amazing."/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit looked back at her, and figured now he could ask questions about Summoners. "So, I have some questions about Summoners and the whole Pilgrimage deal, if I can ask them."/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen nodded. "There's a limit to what I can tell you, but I can answer some." Fallen said, being honest./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"How many Divines can you summon?/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"What's the point of being a Grand Summoner? ====/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"What's a Summoner's purpose?/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"What does it mean to be a Grand Summoner?" Bereit asked./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"To be a Grand Summoner is to be a step higher than a normal Summoner. But it goes beyond that. Grandmaster Summoner." Fallen started to explain. "Grand Summoner have more Divines to be able to summon, ones that are stronger, unknown by the common folk. And Grandmaster Summoners..." She paused for a second. "They have the chance to become a part of the Divines. To directly communicate with them. To be them."/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Whoa... so there's more?" Bereit asked, in a surprised tone./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Correct. However, the higher Divines are meant to be kept secret. However, I believe you can keep a secret." Fallen said, looking at him./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit nodded. "You have my word."br /br /"Thank you. Oh, and about how I yelled at you before, when we met, I'm just very protective of my Pilgrimage. So that's why I got mad at you." Fallen explained. "I felt I needed to at least explain why I got upset."/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"It's okay, really." Bereit said, with a smile./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen looked at Bereit's hand, noticing the bandages. "Did something happen to your hand?"br /br /Be vague./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Tell the truth. ====/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fire magic. Accidentally burnt my hand." Bereit answered./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Oh. I'm sorry to hear that." Fallen said, in a slight concerned tone./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"It's all good. I've had worse injuries anyway." Bereit said, still having a smile on his face./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"How are you able to smile after saying something like that?" Fallen asked, in a slight confused tone./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit shrugged. "I don't know, I just laugh because it's in the past."/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"I don't understand." Fallen said honestly./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"It's kinda explain, but I just look at the past and laugh, you know?" Bereit said./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Interesting..." Fallen said, looking at her staff. "Perhaps I should be the same way."/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Had a rough life before?" Bereit asked, thinking that's what she was getting at./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"It's... more than that. I'd rather not get into it, if you don't mind." Fallen said, looking at Bereit./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Encourage./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Drop it. ====/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"No problem. It's your business." Bereit said politely./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Thank you for respecting my privacy." Fallen said thankfully./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"It fell silent for a few seconds, Bereit then looked at her. "Are you a princess or something?" Bereit asked, out of the blue./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Excuse me?" Fallen asked, with a confused look./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Well, you're all proper grammar, and respective and all. Are you from a royal family or something?" Bereit asked./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"I-I said I didn't want to get into that." Fallen reminded./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit didn't realize that family was something she didn't want to talk about either. "Oh, sorry. My mistake." He figured he would have to watch what he says next time./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"It's okay. It's just... complicated to explain." Fallen said./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"She's really... secretive..." Bereit whispered to himself./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"After that, they made their way to the airship. They didn't come across any monsters on the way, their travel being safe. They made it to the airship, Fallen having an amazed look, seeing the airship. She started to grow nervous, thinking that they how they would react to her arriving on board. Who they scold her for being a Summoner? For forcing them to help her with her Pilgrimage? Fallen sighed. "Maybe this is a bad idea."br /br /Bereit looked at her. "What's wrong?"/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"There's... a lot more than I thought there would be." Fallen said, in a nervous tone./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Ah, don't worry. They'll welcome you with open arms." Bereit insisted./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"It's not that... it's..." She sighed again. "Nevermind. I'm just nervous, that's all."/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"She really was a nervous one. Maybe she could get used to them. "You'll be fine. I promise. Trust me, these people are polite as people can be." Bereit said, although he was exaggerating./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen didn't really believe him, but she didn't have a choice. She wanted to do her Pilgrimage as soon as she could, but she couldn't handle crowds very well. "Okay. I believe you." She said, even though she didn't./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Hey, Bereit!" Vanessa called out, the two turning to her. "What's taking so long!?" She asked./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen looked at Bereit, and then to Vanessa for a second. As much as she was nervous about strangers, she was at least happy there was another girl on the airship, her not being the only one./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Just idle chat, nothing to concern yourself!" Bereit explained./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Well hurry up then! I bet we have other places to be!" Vanessa pointed out./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Yeah, yeah, hold on!" Bereit said, then motioning his head to the ship, telling Fallen to follow. Bereit and Fallen climbed the ladder on the side, Fallen taking her first two steps on an airship. As nervous as she was to be on it, she found it amazing. She had seen airships before, but none like The Titan./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Welcome, Summoner." The Captain said, bowing to her, welcoming her./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Oh, it's my pleasure. No need to bow to me." Fallen said, putting her hands in front of her./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Please, it's an honour to have a Summoner on our airship. And aiding your Pilgrimage will be our pleasure as well." The Captain said, with an honest smile./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen had a surprised look on her face. "Wait, how do you know about my Pilgrimage?"/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Are you not on one?" The Captain asked./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Well, yes, but, how did you know?" Fallen asked./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"It was an assumption. Please, forgive my curiosity." The Captain said./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit was really surprised by the way The Captain was acting. Then again, it was somebody who wasn't apart of the Frozen Hearts, and she was a Summoner, so he knew where this was coming from. And in a way, she was guest, so he should be the same way too, at least in his own way./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen had a gentle blush on her face. "Just look at me as another person on the ship, not some VIP." Fallen asked of them./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The Captain nodded. "As you wish. Bereit, show her around the ship."/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit nodded. "Sure, no problem." Bereit said, then looking at Fallen./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Before he could even show her around, he was interrupted. "Monster approaching in the waters! Ready the cannons!" The lookout called out./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit looked where the ocean was, seeing a large fin approaching them. The fins carried large waves to it's side, showing it was approaching fast./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Imbir and Vanessa came to Bereit's side, with their weapons. "And we're killing it how!?" Vanessa /br /"We've got cannons. We'll use those." Imbir instructed./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen then stood behind them. "Stand back. Allow me." She said, then summoning her staff in her hand, then holding it with both. The three then looked at Fallen. "Please, stand back." She repeated, as ice began to surround her. They then walked back, giving her space. "Lend me your strength, wielder of ice!" She lunged her staff in the air. "Shiva!" Fallen chanted, as their surroundings started to snow, then turning into a snow storm./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen's appearance then changed, as the see-through cloak appeared, it turning into an ice blue, and her hair changed with the cloak as well. Appearing behind her, was Shiva herself, the tall, blue-skinned, tendril-haired Divine coming from the storm./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen looked at Shiva, as Shiva looked back at her, smiling. "Shiva, a monster approaches. Please, help us."/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Shiva nodded and walked forward, as she watched the monster come closer and closer, until it revealed it's self from the ocean. It's came out, having a long neck, with the large fin on it's head. Two more heads came out, having similar looks. The monster's body then came out as well./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Shiva flew towards the monster, as she raised her hands, as another storm built up around her hands, as it grew bigger and bigger. She then threw it forward, as it flew to the monster, as the monster roared, feeling the freezing storm freeze it's body, as the body did as well. Shiva then clapped her hands, as the monster shattered into shards of ice, leaving nothing behind./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Shiva turned to Fallen, as Fallen smiled. "Thank you, Shiva." Shiva nodded, a smile on her blue lips, as she then slowly disappeared, as did the snow storm./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Everybody had snow all over their bodies, as did the ship, and all of that began to disappear. Bereit looked at Fallen, putting his hand on her shoulder. "Fallen, that was amazing!"/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen looked at him, as her hair changed back to purple, as did her cloak go back to the clear shroud it was. She smiled. "Thank you. But it wasn't a presentation. I was protecting all of you."/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Yeah, but still, that was awesome!" Bereit said, clearly very amazed by what he saw./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"So... we have... a living, breathing, Summoner on our airship?" Vanessa asked, having a surprised tone in her voice./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Correct." Fallen said, turning to Vanessa. "I'm Fallen, a pleasure to meet you." She introduced herself./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Vanessa smiled. "Vanessa, and... I really like your outfit." She complimented./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen blushed a bit, smiling. "Th-thank you." She seemed to always get shy whenever she got a compliment./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Anyway, I'm gonna show her around the ship. Captain's orders." Bereit said, cutting this conversation short./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Vanessa and Imbir nodded. "Okay, have fun." Vanessa said, then walking away, as did Imbir. Fallen waved to them, as Bereit showed her around, first showing her where the beds were./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"So, you and Shiva really seem to share some sort of connection." Bereit said, noticing how they interacted with each other./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen nodded. "I'm not very sure, but this cloak is her Token of Bonds. The moment I completed the trial, she gave it to me."/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Token of Bonds?" Bereit asked./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"When you grow a bond with a Divine, they give you an item to show the proof you've connected with them." Fallen explained. "It's rare to get these, but Shiva seems to take a liking in me."/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Hmm... you can't talk to her or anything?" Bereit asked./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Only Grandmaster Summoners can." Fallen said./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit crossed his arms, thinking about it. "Maybe we'll come across one."/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen nodded. "Perhaps."/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"1/span/spansupspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"st/span/span/supspan style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;" person/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Wanna know something funny? There's a reason she has such a weird name./span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Save your game up to this point?/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Yes/span/span/p
p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"No/span/span/p