A/N - Half of this chapter was cut because it was the same thing as the end of the previous one. So if it seems abnormally short ... you know why.
{On The Hill ~ Kaze wo Kanjite ~ and starting animation plays....}
Log 29: Xariandagia Speaks
Kathryn awoke the next morning, rubbing her eyes of sleep. She sat up on the lounge bed, taking the scabbard from her side--
Yet the Xariandagia was not within.
"Jason!" Kathryn whispered harshly. "Wake up!" She walked to the uminchu boy's bed....
.... And saw Xariandagia on the floor, beside a map burned into the wooden floor.
The map was simple, showing a dotted path from the port town - called Torbék - to a mountain on the outskirts of town. The mountain was labeled Aaldoraine-yon; at its peak was a stylized cavern entombing an egg.
"What, Kathryn?" Jason yawned, clambering from the bed.
It's ... a map showing us how to reach the egg," the sultana managed. She picked up Xariandagia, fingering the hilt long enough to feel Keith's displaced voice in her heart.
I made the sword create the map. I can destroy it as well....
"Please," Kathryn whispered. She had barely spoken before an orange glow flashed before her, and the map was gone.
"Where's the map?" Jason mumbled, staring at the ground.
"Gone. Hurry, Jason - wake your friends and tell them we're going to a mountain outside the city. Now." She sheathed her blade, keeping a hand on the crosspiece. It was comforting to have the angel's voice in her soul - at least he had not left completely....