I make my way through Caiatl's ship. I'm going to need to go back to the Last City in order to see Mithrax. He should be able to get us into the Vex Network… hopefully. I mean, would we have to travel to the Vault of Glass? Is there a specific place we have to be for it to work? I certainly hope Nessus would work… I really don't want to have to enter the Vault… I hear that the Vex there can just erase you from existence just like that, so I really don't want to make those guys angry.

"What do you think, Glint? Do you think we'll be forced to travel through the Vault of Glass for this?"

"No, I don't think so," Glint pondered, "The Vault of Glass deals more in travelling to other timelines, I think. There's also no guarantee that we would be able to control what timeline we get there either, so I don't think it's a very safe option."

"Thank you, I really didn't want to have to travel there anyways," I let out the breath I was holding,

"You're welcome! It really is quite dangerous, especially since there have been many accounts of other guardians perishing within the Vault. But there is no other story more famous than the first fireteam to venture into the Vault of Glass! Kabr, Praedyth, and Pahanin! A three person fireteam that braved the dangers of the Vault! Although only Pahanin escaped the Vault… Both Kabr as well as Praedyth died within the Vault of Glass."

I watch Glint fire off fact after fact about Kabr and his fireteam, which also unfortunately includes how they died… I may actually never go near that Vault, I don't think I care enough to try to get this 'Vex Mythoclast' that the other guardians speak of. I think I'll be able to make do without it.

But it makes me smile how much he's so happy to learn, and how happy he is to share his findings. Although it does make me wonder how exactly he got this information… Did he go near the Vault?

Anxiety creeps into my chest, making it feel heavy at the thought of Glint dying within the Vault of Glass. No, no, no he probably found the information from reports and such from the Vanguard. I try to calm myself down, but the thought of Glint dying… It just won't go away…

I'm a little scared that maybe this is an omen of sorts…

I push that line of thinking to the back of my mind, trying to distract myself using Glint's chatter about… The Great Hunt…? I don't even know what that is?

I settle into my ship, preparing to take off. Glint has moved on from Kabr to talk more about Praedyth and his story. I don't want to interrupt him, so I'll wait for a moment to ask him about the Great Hunt.

We lift off, and we take off back to Earth, to the Eliksni Quarters. Glint pauses and that's my opening.

"So what exactly is the Great Hunt," I ask, not taking my eyes off of the glimmering stars.

I only look at Glint when the silence that follows the question lasted longer than it should, especially with Glint being so eager to share information just a minute ago. But he looks hesitant, maybe a little nervous about the topic. I don't know why he would be nervous though… The Vault of Glass is terrifying enough, what makes this other piece of history worse?

"Um, the Great Hunt is short for the Great Ahamkara Hunt," Glint began slowly,

Oh.

"The Vanguard had labelled the Ahamkara to be too dangerous and wanted them dead. The reason they were too dangerous was because they could grant wishes, but these wishes would always backfire in some horrible way no matter how innocent the wish sounded. So a bunch of guardians hunted them all down, and killed them all. Well all of them except for one," Glint's voice quieted, "Riven of a Thousand Voices… She had been trapped inside the Dreaming City by Mara Sov."

I… I remember this… I was the one who found Riven… No! Uldren was the one who found her! He brought her to Mara as a gift… It had to be kept secret from everyone else…

Riven was no bigger than my hand at the time, she was cute back then. No, no, no she manipulated me! I mean… She manipulated Uldren into killing Cayde-6! She did all of these horrible things to me… To Uldren! But in the end it was all my decision wasn't it? It's my fault!

But I'm not Uldren, I'm Crow. In the end though, it doesn't really matter now does it…

No one else sees the difference between Uldren and I… What if there isn't…?

These thoughts echo around my head as Glint nudges my shoulder, "Crow, I'll always be with you regardless of who you are."

I look down at the ghost, I'm sure he can see the conflicting emotions in my eyes. They do say that the eyes are the gateway to the soul… I wonder how black mine is…

"We should call Mithrax, just to give him the notice beforehand that we'll be there soon to talk to him,"

"Ah y-yes," I stutter a little, trying to shove my emotions down.

It didn't take too long for someone to answer… Maybe it wouldn't have taken as much time as it did if I could just get a hold of myself.

"Hello! This is Scribe Eido of House of Light, how may I help you as of right now?" A cheerful, young voice rang out.

I'm not sure I've met this Eliksni, but maybe I just need to see the face to recognize her.

"Ah, yes I'd like to speak with Mithrax please,"

"Unfortunately, Kell Misraaks is handling supply shipments right now. Would I be able to be of service?"

"Do you know when he might be back?"

"It could be quite awhile to offload the supplies… We are still recovering from then Endless Night as the Vex did hurt many of my fellow Eliksni," Her voice dropped a little, "Most are recovering well though!"

I cringe a little, forgetting that the Eliksni had been attacked by the Vex brought in by Lakshimi-2 and Savathun. So of course they'd still be recovering, and lacking the hands. Maybe I should go back and raid some of the Spider's stuff again, so they can have better quality things that'll last longer.

"No, no it's quite alright… Um, just send him a message that Crow will be stopping by to talk with him alright?"

"Yes! Will do!" She sounded excited, why?

I cut the transmission, my social drive is already fairly low. I really don't want to have to talk to anyone else, maybe a nap is in order. No, I'll at least talk to Mithrax about it, take a nap, then go do whatever he sent me off to do. Unless the thing he sends me off to do is fairly easy then I'll save the nap for afterwards.

"Hey are you doing okay?" Glint asks, floating closer.

"Yea, I'm just thinking about when I should take a nap," I yawn.

Glint chuckles a little, "Well you definitely deserve one! I'll even take one with you!"

"What? Do ghosts even need to sleep?"

"No, but I can pretend, besides I like feeling included,"

"I can understand that Glint."

We approach Earth, falling into a light silence. I carefully enter the atmosphere, I don't want to crash after all, and I make our way towards the Last City. After travelling back and forth so many times, it's fairly easy to know exactly where to go and what paths to avoid. It's probably all muscle memory for most guardians anyways, aside from the New Lights that is.

I carefully land my ship, wary of hitting anything potentially important. I could've landed somewhere in the city, but I really didn't want to be gawked and glared at by thousands of strangers, so I landed much closer to the Eliksni Quarters. I got out of the ship, scanning my surroundings looking for any potential familiar faces. What did catch my attention was an unfamiliar, young Eliksni practically running towards me. She was waving a datapad around, is she trying to get my attention? My question was answered when she walked right up to me, and smiled brightly. Such a positive reaction to seeing me has been a rarity these days, and I find myself feeling suspicious of her intentions.

"It is good to see you again," She bowed, surprising me, "It truly has been awhile since we've last seen each other. I hope you are doing well?"

"I'm sorry, I don't believe I know who you are," I shift uncomfortably.

"Yes, yes someone of such high rank could never be seen conversing with someone such as myself," She smiled, before adding in a lower voice, "It is nice to see you again though Prince Uldren."

I cringe at the name, as many different feelings and questions assault me. I don't know what to say… I never do when people refer to me as him… but to actually seem happy to see me, to see Uldren is a very foreign thing.

"I'll lead you to a room where you may wait for Misraakskell," She turns away and is already walking away, "It'll be nice to catch up with you in the meantime, Prince."

"Um, excuse me ma'am," Glint politely called, "Could you please not call my guardian that? It makes him feel uncomfortable…"

She paused, looked over her shoulder right at Glint, her eyes switching between him and myself. She turned back around and bowed deeply once again,

"My deepest apologies Guardian, I had no idea,"

The sadness in her voice seemed to be as contagious as her bubbliness, and I found myself wanting to make her smile once again.

"It's alright… Although I suppose that means we'll need to introduce ourselves!" I tried to say as brightly as I could, before adding a much quieter, "Again…"

"Yes, yes!" She stood up, her sadness seemingly forgotten, "Let us go first and then we can talk with a bit more privacy."

I nodded, as she once again was already walking away. Although she isn't walking quite as fast as she was to meet me, maybe it was because she was excited? I mean she and Uldren seemed to know each other, but I don't know how friendly they were… The positive Uldren memories are much harder to find than the negative ones and I really don't want to go trifling through his memories right now.

I pull my hood over my head, trying not to get recognized anymore than I have to. If she knows who I am, then I'm willing to bet others would as well and I don't want any acknowledgement, positive or negative. Besides, who knows if there are any people wandering around here and my face is definitely an easily identifiable one so there would definitely be some angry backlash from that. Glint floated in front of me, looking concerned; a silent question asking if I was okay. I nod at him, sending him a small smile. He doesn't look very convinced, but he nudges me affectionately before disappearing from sight once again. He's probably gonna have a talk with me later… It's always a nice reminder to know that he still loves me regardless of who I used to be.

We stop, and I suddenly realise the state of the entirety of the place. The buildings are torn apart, others ready to fall over. The Eliksni shouldn't be staying here, they should have someplace stable, or at least there should be some sort of progress to fixing things up. I certainly hope that all this damage was done during the Vex invasion, and that it was okay before that. Otherwise, I may have some words with the Vanguard later about it.

"It isn't much, but we make do with what we have," She says, a slight bitterness lacing her tone, "I'll have you stay here, and I'll go see if Misraakskell is available."

"Um, my name is Crow by the way," I stopped her before she had a chance to scurry off.

"It is quite nice to meet you! I am Eido!"

Just like that, she quickly ran out of the 'room'. That name… Eido… it's such a familiar name.

"Are you okay Crow?" Glint suddenly asks.

"Yes, I'm fine. I just… Her name, Eido, it sounds so familiar,"

"Shaxx sometimes talks about Sjur Eido, who used to be the Queen's Wrath before Petra. So she might be named after her," Glint shrugs.

"Hmm, maybe,"

"What is it?"

"Well usually when I get the answers to something, I'll remember his memories as if it were a trigger somehow. But I can't remember Sjur Eido beyond what you already said, as well as a few other facts like her being Mara's partner. I don't even know what she looks like,"

"Maybe Savathun doesn't know everything, and just gave you what she did know?" Glint suggests.

"That is fair, she couldn't have known a lot of things so how would she give a memory for it? That still makes me wonder if some of these memories are fabricated and a lie in some regards,"

"But it would be impossible to figure out which is which!"

"Exactly, but I still remember things that Savathun should have no business knowing,"

"I don't know what to tell you, Crow… Other than that I'm sorry," Glint turned away.

I took his shell in my hands and I cradled him close, "There's nothing for you to apologise about Glint. You are my light, both figuratively and physically."

Glint giggled a little, the tension in his shell easing up, "Yea? And you're my Crow! It won't ever matter to me what Uldren did because you're not him. I love you for you Crow, and nothing will ever change that."

I smiled down at him, as he looked up at me. I don't know what I would do without him.

"My apologies for the wait, Crow. I have Misraakskell here for you," I turned to see Eido standing at the entrance.

"What is it that is so urgent?" Mithrax paused behind her, giving me a strange look.

"Velask Misraakskell," I stumbled a little trying to properly pronounce his name, "I have come to request something of you."

I look at him, he's a lot smaller than I thought he would be. He's only the size of a Captain, I thought Kells were supposed to be huge?

"I need your help with finding Vex Networks that could transport us to Io, hopefully relatively safely as well?"

It's just silence, and Eido looks up at Mithrax.

"Why would you need to go to Io?" He finally asks.

"I'm afraid that the Guardian has been taken, and that's where they've managed to pinpoint her. But with Io being inaccessible, we thought that maybe the Vex was the only way there,"

"I will help, please get me in contact with whoever has the most information on this. We will make a plan together," Mithrax agreed, before asking, "I must ask though, why would the Prince of the Reef care about one guardian?"

"That's because he isn't the Prince!" Glint snapped, flying from my hands.

"Oh, I see! My humblest apologies, guardian," Mithrax bowed.

"That is truly fascinating, isn't it Father? He doesn't recognise us at all, despite knowing us when we lived in the Dreaming City," Eido piped up, excitedly writing things down.

"Yes Eido," Mithrax agrees softly, before turning back to me "I'll have to do some looking around, I'll call you if I have any potential leads."

"Alright, thank you!" I bowed.

Mithrax ushered Eido out of the room, leaving us alone. Now I'm not too sure what to do.

"Now what do we do?" Glint asks.

"Now all we can do is wait, Glint."