p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: large;"Chapter 14/span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"3/spansupspan style="font-size: medium;"rd/span/supspan style="font-size: medium;" person (Bereit)/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Examining their map of Holhen, his finger hover/spanedspan style="font-size: medium;" over the land, as he had found their next /spanSspan style="font-size: medium;"hrine, located in the western areas. Though, /spanthe map stated span style="font-size: medium;"that it's deep in a cave, and in this world, it isn't uncommon to find monsters in dark areas. In fact, you probably couldn't find a cave that didn't have a monster or two in them./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit... when are we gonna eat? I'm starving." Vanessa said, lying on one of the metal benches, coming from the other room./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"That depends, who else is hungry?" He asked her./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Vanessa shrugged. "How am I suppose to know?"/span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Then go ask them." Bereit said, turning his head to her./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Vanessa sighed, and slowly stood up. "Ugh... fine..." She said, as she then walked off to find the others./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit waited for a few minutes, as Vanessa returned. "Yeah, everybody wants to eat. It's been a while since we have."/span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit nodded. "Alright. There's a town near a /spanSspan style="font-size: medium;"hrine. So we can eat there and then get to the /spanSspan style="font-size: medium;"hrine on foot."/span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Alright... I really hope they have good food." Vanessa said, as she walked away./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit looked back at the map for a moment, making sure he memorized the location. "North of the town." He whispered to himself, to make sure he would remember where it would be./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit went to the Cid and the co-pilot, looking out the windshield of the airship. "We're heading to a town named Freudeville. We're going to eat there for today." He explained to Cid./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Cid nodded. "Alright. Though, we're getting peckish ourselves. Think you can deliver us some grub?"/span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"I think you'll have to come along. I don't know what they've got there." Bereit answered./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"We've been eating that vomit sauce at the prison for so long, anything will appeal to us. Whatever looks good, we'll have it." Cid explained./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit nodded, understanding. "Got it, we'll be back soon." Bereit said./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"With that said, the airship landed near the town, the platform lying it's self on the rocky ground. The party walked out, as Cid would step out for a moment. "Bereit, remember to bring us food." He reminded /br /"Yeah yeah, don't worry about it." Bereit said, waving his hand to him. Though, while he had his eyes on the airship, he realized that the red colour and the symbol of the Ehre family needed to be taken off of it. It could be bad if they were seen as members. He walked with the party, looking towards the town. "Our airship could use a new paint-job." He said to them./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Imbir looked at him. "Why is that?"/span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Well, don't you think it could catch unwanted attention if we have the Ehre family's symbol on the airship?"/span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Imbir looked at the airship for a moment, and hummed. "You have a point. Though, we're gonna need a lot of paint for it."/span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"And a choice of colour." Fallen added./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"All in favour of a deep blue say, aye." Bereit said, raising his hand up./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"No way! Black is what we should go with." Vanessa protested./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Well, black is too intimidating. Blue would give off a for friendly vibe." Imbir suggested./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Well, from what I see, black would definitely help just blend in with darker surroundings, if we ever plan to hide." Zelkova said, explaining how he saw it./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen simply remained silent, not wanting to butt in./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Well, we'll figure this out after food. Frankly, I'm starting to get hungry." Bereit said, putting the debate on hold. The others agreed, as they arrived to the town./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Vanessa's eyes wandered the place, as she was amazed by what surrounded them. It wasn't like the city in Wuste, but this place was nice and quiet. Just like her home back at Holhen. It made her feel a little home sick, but her hunger is what was really on her mind. "You think they have Behemoth steak or anything like that?" She asked./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Behemoth don't show up around these parts. Though, if they have the gil, they probably have their meat shipped here." Imbir suggested./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Imagine the gil WE could make by selling that stuff." Bereit said, looking at them./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Behemoth are out of our league, Bereit." Imbir pointed out./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Hey. Behemoth are out of anyone's league. But with a few traps and maybe some strong tranquilizers, or some strong sleep spells, we can take the thing down no problem." Bereit said, with a cocky grin./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Perhaps, but we're not trying that anytime soon." Imbir rejected./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Duh." He replied, as they then came across the restaurant. The inside looked quite packed, but he could see a few tables open for them to sit down and eat. He looked at the others. "You guys reserve a table for us. I'm gonna get some grub for Cid and the co-pilot to go." Bereit explained./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Could you not call it grub, please? It's such a gross way of describing food." Vanessa complained, disgusted./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Cid's words, not mine." Bereit said, with a grin./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"While the others grabbed their table, saving a spot for Bereit, Bereit went to the front counter, where food would be handed to the waitresses. He came across one of the cooks, placing a tray of food down. She looked at him. "Hello. How can I help you?"/span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Is it possible to take food to go?" He asked./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"She nodded. "Of course. What'll it be?" She asked./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit looked at the menu that hung on the wall, as he examined what they had. One caught his interest, as it read, 'Breaded Zu Tenderloins.' "The Breaded Zu Tenderloins." He answered. "Two of them." He added./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Very well. That'll be 200 gil." She said./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit then pointed to the table where the party sat. "You see them over there? They're with me, so just add it to the check." He pointed out./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The woman nodded. "Okay." She said, as she then went to the kitchen./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"He waited a few minutes, seeing that the party was having their orders taken. He saw Fallen motion her hand, telling him to come to them. He did so, as he stood by the seat for him, seeing everyone giving their orders. Once it was his turn, he figured he could try what he was ordering for Cid. He gave his order, and then went back to the front counter./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"With a little more waiting, he got the food for Cid and the co-pilot. He thanked the chef, and then went off to deliver it to them. As he walked out, he noticed that the sun was setting, seeing the sun set over the rocks of Holhen. He had seen sunsets before, but they were always so nice to look at. He looked towards the airship and kept walking forward, arriving to the airship./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"He got up to the pilot seats, and handed them both containers. "Zu /spanTspan style="font-size: medium;"enderloins, for his majesty and the royal jester." He said sarcastically, handing it to the co-pilot then to Cid./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Cid scoffed, as he then saw the food inside, whistling impressed. "Didn't mean to cost you all the gil in your pocket. This looks fantastic." Cid said, then sniffing it, sighing in pure happiness./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Only 200 gil." Bereit told Cid./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Only that much? Wow." Cid said, impressed by the price. "Maybe when we finish this whole ordeal, I'm gonna live in this town." He said, as he then took his first bite. He paused for a moment. "Oh yeah. I'm gonna love it here."/span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit chuckled, as he then looked at the town through the wind shield. "You know, this wasn't the direction I thought my life would take."/span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Cid kept his eyes on his food. "Oh yeah? And how's that?"/span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Well, to tell you the truth, I thought I'd be with the Frozen Hearts for my whole life. But now... here I am, with my own crew, saving the world." He said, placing his hand on his chest. "It... kinda scares me how fast your life can direction."/span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"I can vouch for that. I went from the son of a mechanic to a prisoner, to a pilot. I'd tell you my tale, if you're interested." Cid offered./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Interested ====/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Not Interested/span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Sure. Let's hear it." Bereit insisted./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Well, like I said, my father was a mechanic. Airships, tanks, vehicles, anything made of metal, he could fix. That's when the Ehre's private army took interest in him, and took him in. Well, 'took him in' is putting it gently." Cid explained./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"They took him with force?" Bereit asked./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"That's right. Though, my dad works for his own reasons. And he wasn't going to help those Ehre bastards anytime soon. Though... that lead to him demise." He said, Bereit noticing he stopped eating for a moment./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit looked down, wondering why they were so cruel. Then again, Fallen did tell him all about how they were. Reputation before anything else. It seemed it went past sacrificing lives for a better rep. "Hey, we made it out of there alive, Cid. I'd say that made your father proud. And you know what? The others and I were thinking of repainting the airship. And... I think we found our answer to giving it a look." He explained./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Cid looked at him, confused./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"We should paint it in honor of your father." Bereit suggested. "Whatever you think he would do to redesign this."/span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Well, he'd redesign it with dynamite." He said, laughing a bit. "He isn't a fan of these kind of airships. But mostly because the Ehre family owns these. Though, if my father would redesign the paintjob..." He paused for a moment, tapping the breaded tenderloin on his lips, trying to think./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"I'll let you dwell on that. I've got food waiting for me." Bereit said, as he patted both on the shoulders, before the then left them alone. "Bon appetite." He added, going down the platform. He returned to the pub, taking the seat that was meant for him./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"So what did I miss?" He asked, with a slight grin./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Not a lot, really." Imbir answered honestly./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Figures." Bereit said, laughing a bit. "So, a little update about the paint-job we plan to give our airship." He said to them, as the party turned their heads to him. "Cid will be choosing what'll it be. As a tribute to his passed father."/span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The party was silent for a moment, all having mixed surprised and sad expressions. Fallen nodded, feeling the same. "I think that's a great idea. After all, he is the pilot." She agreed./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Yeah. I'm sure he has better taste in art than we do. Well, I'm guessing, at least." Vanessa said, with a smile./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Imbir and Zelkova simply nodded in agreement./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"After that, everybody's meals came in. Fallen had chicken with rice on the side, and a small container of gravy./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Imbir and Vanessa both had burgers that had bacon, cheese, onions and /spana span style="font-size: medium;"beige sauce. Though it seemed Vanessa's had more of the sauce, since Vanessa's was leaking some of it./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Zelkova had a simple bowl of what looked like onion rings, with /spanaspan style="font-size: medium;" brown sauce next to it./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"And Bereit had th/spanespan style="font-size: medium;" breaded tenderloins, just like Cid did. The group began to eat, in pure silence, enjoying their meals./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Though, the silence was broken, once Fallen stopped eating for a moment. "You know... there's something I've been meaning to say." She spoke, looking at the party. "I... don't want to ruin this moment, but it's something I need to tell you guys." She added./span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"3/spansupspan style="font-size: medium;"rd/span/supspan style="font-size: medium;" person (Fallen)/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The party all looked at her, making her feel nervous for a moment. "You see... I honestly never thought that I would ever come to a moment like this. Where I get to sit down and relax with my /spanGspan style="font-size: medium;"uardians. It's... kind of scary. How fast my life as changed." She said, avoiding eye contact for a little, until she looked up./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit thought the same thing, when he spoke to Cid./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"And... every moment is a moment I've feared lately. Thinking that it could all change again. Where I'm back to square one. But... so far, that fear hasn't come true. Because I was lucky to have /spanGspan style="font-size: medium;"uardians like you guys. So... what I'm trying to say is..." She began to blush a bit, feeling her eyes sting a bit from tears she was developing. She rubbed her eyes, and shook her head. "N-nevermind. I'm just being stupid..."/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Hey, you thaid moft of it. Why ftop now?" Vanessa asked, her mouth being full./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen couldn't help but laugh, finding it funny how she was trying to cheer her into finishing her sentence, despite having her mouth full of food. She took a deep breath. "What I'm trying to say is... you guys..."br /br /They all stared, waiting for her to say it./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"You guys are all I could ask for of /spanGspan style="font-size: medium;"uardians. Ones that understand me... and do more than help me with my /spanPspan style="font-size: medium;"ilgrimage. It's... well, what I could ever want." She admitted, as she started getting teary eyed./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Everybody smiled. "Well, morale is important. Like you've told me before. To tell you the truth, I like to say you're the one that brought us together." Bereit said, leaning on the table./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"In a way, he's right. I mean, we all joined his crew, but it's thanks to you that he's even on this adventure in the first place. Thus, we're on this adventure with you." Vanessa added./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen looked at everybody, feeling so... welcome by them. She smiled, and closed her eyes for a moment. "Thank you. All of you." She said, her smile growing big. These were the people she would spend her life with. Even more... than her own family. She would go as far as to call these people her family, but she knew it was ridiculous to even think that./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"After that heartfelt moment, the party finished their meals, everybody being filled up and ready for the trek that waited to the shrine. The meal was paid for, and they went their way./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p 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 style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Yes/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"No/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"3/spansupspan style="font-size: medium;"rd/span/supspan style="font-size: medium;" person (Bereit)/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Examining their map of Holhen, his finger hover/spanedspan style="font-size: medium;" over the land, as he had found their next /spanSspan style="font-size: medium;"hrine, located in the western areas. Though, /spanthe map stated span style="font-size: medium;"that it's deep in a cave, and in this world, it isn't uncommon to find monsters in dark areas. In fact, you probably couldn't find a cave that didn't have a monster or two in them./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit... when are we gonna eat? I'm starving." Vanessa said, lying on one of the metal benches, coming from the other room./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"That depends, who else is hungry?" He asked her./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Vanessa shrugged. "How am I suppose to know?"/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Then go ask them." Bereit said, turning his head to her./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Vanessa sighed, and slowly stood up. "Ugh... fine..." She said, as she then walked off to find the others./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit waited for a few minutes, as Vanessa returned. "Yeah, everybody wants to eat. It's been a while since we have."/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit nodded. "Alright. There's a town near a /spanSspan style="font-size: medium;"hrine. So we can eat there and then get to the /spanSspan style="font-size: medium;"hrine on foot."/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Alright... I really hope they have good food." Vanessa said, as she walked away./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit looked back at the map for a moment, making sure he memorized the location. "North of the town." He whispered to himself, to make sure he would remember where it would be./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit went to the Cid and the co-pilot, looking out the windshield of the airship. "We're heading to a town named Freudeville. We're going to eat there for today." He explained to Cid./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Cid nodded. "Alright. Though, we're getting peckish ourselves. Think you can deliver us some grub?"/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"I think you'll have to come along. I don't know what they've got there." Bereit answered./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"We've been eating that vomit sauce at the prison for so long, anything will appeal to us. Whatever looks good, we'll have it." Cid explained./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit nodded, understanding. "Got it, we'll be back soon." Bereit said./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"With that said, the airship landed near the town, the platform lying it's self on the rocky ground. The party walked out, as Cid would step out for a moment. "Bereit, remember to bring us food." He reminded /br /"Yeah yeah, don't worry about it." Bereit said, waving his hand to him. Though, while he had his eyes on the airship, he realized that the red colour and the symbol of the Ehre family needed to be taken off of it. It could be bad if they were seen as members. He walked with the party, looking towards the town. "Our airship could use a new paint-job." He said to them./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Imbir looked at him. "Why is that?"/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Well, don't you think it could catch unwanted attention if we have the Ehre family's symbol on the airship?"/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Imbir looked at the airship for a moment, and hummed. "You have a point. Though, we're gonna need a lot of paint for it."/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"And a choice of colour." Fallen added./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"All in favour of a deep blue say, aye." Bereit said, raising his hand up./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"No way! Black is what we should go with." Vanessa protested./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Well, black is too intimidating. Blue would give off a for friendly vibe." Imbir suggested./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Well, from what I see, black would definitely help just blend in with darker surroundings, if we ever plan to hide." Zelkova said, explaining how he saw it./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen simply remained silent, not wanting to butt in./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Well, we'll figure this out after food. Frankly, I'm starting to get hungry." Bereit said, putting the debate on hold. The others agreed, as they arrived to the town./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Vanessa's eyes wandered the place, as she was amazed by what surrounded them. It wasn't like the city in Wuste, but this place was nice and quiet. Just like her home back at Holhen. It made her feel a little home sick, but her hunger is what was really on her mind. "You think they have Behemoth steak or anything like that?" She asked./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Behemoth don't show up around these parts. Though, if they have the gil, they probably have their meat shipped here." Imbir suggested./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Imagine the gil WE could make by selling that stuff." Bereit said, looking at them./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Behemoth are out of our league, Bereit." Imbir pointed out./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Hey. Behemoth are out of anyone's league. But with a few traps and maybe some strong tranquilizers, or some strong sleep spells, we can take the thing down no problem." Bereit said, with a cocky grin./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Perhaps, but we're not trying that anytime soon." Imbir rejected./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Duh." He replied, as they then came across the restaurant. The inside looked quite packed, but he could see a few tables open for them to sit down and eat. He looked at the others. "You guys reserve a table for us. I'm gonna get some grub for Cid and the co-pilot to go." Bereit explained./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Could you not call it grub, please? It's such a gross way of describing food." Vanessa complained, disgusted./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Cid's words, not mine." Bereit said, with a grin./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"While the others grabbed their table, saving a spot for Bereit, Bereit went to the front counter, where food would be handed to the waitresses. He came across one of the cooks, placing a tray of food down. She looked at him. "Hello. How can I help you?"/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Is it possible to take food to go?" He asked./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"She nodded. "Of course. What'll it be?" She asked./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit looked at the menu that hung on the wall, as he examined what they had. One caught his interest, as it read, 'Breaded Zu Tenderloins.' "The Breaded Zu Tenderloins." He answered. "Two of them." He added./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Very well. That'll be 200 gil." She said./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit then pointed to the table where the party sat. "You see them over there? They're with me, so just add it to the check." He pointed out./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The woman nodded. "Okay." She said, as she then went to the kitchen./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"He waited a few minutes, seeing that the party was having their orders taken. He saw Fallen motion her hand, telling him to come to them. He did so, as he stood by the seat for him, seeing everyone giving their orders. Once it was his turn, he figured he could try what he was ordering for Cid. He gave his order, and then went back to the front counter./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"With a little more waiting, he got the food for Cid and the co-pilot. He thanked the chef, and then went off to deliver it to them. As he walked out, he noticed that the sun was setting, seeing the sun set over the rocks of Holhen. He had seen sunsets before, but they were always so nice to look at. He looked towards the airship and kept walking forward, arriving to the airship./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"He got up to the pilot seats, and handed them both containers. "Zu /spanTspan style="font-size: medium;"enderloins, for his majesty and the royal jester." He said sarcastically, handing it to the co-pilot then to Cid./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Cid scoffed, as he then saw the food inside, whistling impressed. "Didn't mean to cost you all the gil in your pocket. This looks fantastic." Cid said, then sniffing it, sighing in pure happiness./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Only 200 gil." Bereit told Cid./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Only that much? Wow." Cid said, impressed by the price. "Maybe when we finish this whole ordeal, I'm gonna live in this town." He said, as he then took his first bite. He paused for a moment. "Oh yeah. I'm gonna love it here."/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit chuckled, as he then looked at the town through the wind shield. "You know, this wasn't the direction I thought my life would take."/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Cid kept his eyes on his food. "Oh yeah? And how's that?"/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Well, to tell you the truth, I thought I'd be with the Frozen Hearts for my whole life. But now... here I am, with my own crew, saving the world." He said, placing his hand on his chest. "It... kinda scares me how fast your life can direction."/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"I can vouch for that. I went from the son of a mechanic to a prisoner, to a pilot. I'd tell you my tale, if you're interested." Cid offered./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Interested ====/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Not Interested/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Sure. Let's hear it." Bereit insisted./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Well, like I said, my father was a mechanic. Airships, tanks, vehicles, anything made of metal, he could fix. That's when the Ehre's private army took interest in him, and took him in. Well, 'took him in' is putting it gently." Cid explained./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"They took him with force?" Bereit asked./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"That's right. Though, my dad works for his own reasons. And he wasn't going to help those Ehre bastards anytime soon. Though... that lead to him demise." He said, Bereit noticing he stopped eating for a moment./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit looked down, wondering why they were so cruel. Then again, Fallen did tell him all about how they were. Reputation before anything else. It seemed it went past sacrificing lives for a better rep. "Hey, we made it out of there alive, Cid. I'd say that made your father proud. And you know what? The others and I were thinking of repainting the airship. And... I think we found our answer to giving it a look." He explained./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Cid looked at him, confused./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"We should paint it in honor of your father." Bereit suggested. "Whatever you think he would do to redesign this."/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Well, he'd redesign it with dynamite." He said, laughing a bit. "He isn't a fan of these kind of airships. But mostly because the Ehre family owns these. Though, if my father would redesign the paintjob..." He paused for a moment, tapping the breaded tenderloin on his lips, trying to think./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"I'll let you dwell on that. I've got food waiting for me." Bereit said, as he patted both on the shoulders, before the then left them alone. "Bon appetite." He added, going down the platform. He returned to the pub, taking the seat that was meant for him./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"So what did I miss?" He asked, with a slight grin./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Not a lot, really." Imbir answered honestly./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Figures." Bereit said, laughing a bit. "So, a little update about the paint-job we plan to give our airship." He said to them, as the party turned their heads to him. "Cid will be choosing what'll it be. As a tribute to his passed father."/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The party was silent for a moment, all having mixed surprised and sad expressions. Fallen nodded, feeling the same. "I think that's a great idea. After all, he is the pilot." She agreed./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Yeah. I'm sure he has better taste in art than we do. Well, I'm guessing, at least." Vanessa said, with a smile./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Imbir and Zelkova simply nodded in agreement./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"After that, everybody's meals came in. Fallen had chicken with rice on the side, and a small container of gravy./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Imbir and Vanessa both had burgers that had bacon, cheese, onions and /spana span style="font-size: medium;"beige sauce. Though it seemed Vanessa's had more of the sauce, since Vanessa's was leaking some of it./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Zelkova had a simple bowl of what looked like onion rings, with /spanaspan style="font-size: medium;" brown sauce next to it./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"And Bereit had th/spanespan style="font-size: medium;" breaded tenderloins, just like Cid did. The group began to eat, in pure silence, enjoying their meals./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Though, the silence was broken, once Fallen stopped eating for a moment. "You know... there's something I've been meaning to say." She spoke, looking at the party. "I... don't want to ruin this moment, but it's something I need to tell you guys." She added./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"3/spansupspan style="font-size: medium;"rd/span/supspan style="font-size: medium;" person (Fallen)/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"The party all looked at her, making her feel nervous for a moment. "You see... I honestly never thought that I would ever come to a moment like this. Where I get to sit down and relax with my /spanGspan style="font-size: medium;"uardians. It's... kind of scary. How fast my life as changed." She said, avoiding eye contact for a little, until she looked up./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Bereit thought the same thing, when he spoke to Cid./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"And... every moment is a moment I've feared lately. Thinking that it could all change again. Where I'm back to square one. But... so far, that fear hasn't come true. Because I was lucky to have /spanGspan style="font-size: medium;"uardians like you guys. So... what I'm trying to say is..." She began to blush a bit, feeling her eyes sting a bit from tears she was developing. She rubbed her eyes, and shook her head. "N-nevermind. I'm just being stupid..."/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Hey, you thaid moft of it. Why ftop now?" Vanessa asked, her mouth being full./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen couldn't help but laugh, finding it funny how she was trying to cheer her into finishing her sentence, despite having her mouth full of food. She took a deep breath. "What I'm trying to say is... you guys..."br /br /They all stared, waiting for her to say it./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"You guys are all I could ask for of /spanGspan style="font-size: medium;"uardians. Ones that understand me... and do more than help me with my /spanPspan style="font-size: medium;"ilgrimage. It's... well, what I could ever want." She admitted, as she started getting teary eyed./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Everybody smiled. "Well, morale is important. Like you've told me before. To tell you the truth, I like to say you're the one that brought us together." Bereit said, leaning on the table./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;""span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"In a way, he's right. I mean, we all joined his crew, but it's thanks to you that he's even on this adventure in the first place. Thus, we're on this adventure with you." Vanessa added./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Fallen looked at everybody, feeling so... welcome by them. She smiled, and closed her eyes for a moment. "Thank you. All of you." She said, her smile growing big. These were the people she would spend her life with. Even more... than her own family. She would go as far as to call these people her family, but she knew it was ridiculous to even think that./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"After that heartfelt moment, the party finished their meals, everybody being filled up and ready for the trek that waited to the shrine. The meal was paid for, and they went their way./span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p 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 style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"Yes/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="font-family: Constantia, serif;"span style="font-size: medium;"No/span/span/p