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Now that they are back on Earth
Hitomi is back on her own turf
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And without further ado ( hey, that rhymes! ; ) Chapter 18! (Brace up, it's a big one)
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"Where-where did they go?" Aronic heard Allen cry in the background. She didn't turn when she felt a hand on her shoulder.
"Lady, where did you send them?!" Selena tried to make the plea sound more like a demanded, than her begging.
Aronic heard Merchant Dryden crash through the glass doors that led to the balcony and jolt to a stop like he had slammed into a brick wall.
"A-a draconian!" he croaked.
Aronic ignored all of them. What did Rianne think she was doing?! How dare she?
Poor, poor Hitomi. I was her last chance. Her last chance at another life. At starting over. Forgetting there ever was a Gaea. She would have been free to love again.
Now, Aronic choked. Now, what will happen to them? I should have been quicker. Poor, brave Hitomi. She loved so freely. Gave her trust so freely. She was just a pawn to Rianne. Rianne knew Hitomi would react like that if she commissioned in a slut like Serena!
That was why I had picked this mission. I was the one who could watch over Hitomi, without Rianne's interference. The Draconians in the Mystic Valley are so aloof, so sure they are better than men are. How deluded they are. What Draconian has equal compassion to Hitomi?
What right did I have, to throw that opportunist Serena in her face? To provoke her anger? If anything, she was more forgiving to her beloved than Rianne would had been. Where is the justice? That Rianne, the cruel, cold, high-handed ruler of the Draconians, would take out her entire plans of revenge on the race of men, on an innocent girl?
Who wrote these cursed rules? Who said that Hitomi couldn't stay? Who created this stupid balance? Why is it that Hitomi's power disrupts that balance? Why is it that I would be the one who had to take her from her love and send her back?
But you knew, a voice in her head commented. You knew she felt….wrong, different. You knew she had too much power to be a secure human. You knew that she collapsed the order of things. That the fate alteration machine had affected her. That no one could have that power and safely join with a Draconian, even if he wasn't a pure Draconian.
You knew there was no way she could survive if Rianne could erupt that power and use Hitomi as her war weapon. You were going to kill her first, so that Rianne couldn't use her. You were going to use her sacrifice to make sure that the race of men could survive.
I didn't know her then! she told the voice frantically. Now I would do anything to save her life, to make sure that she doesn't have to suffer the fate that Dornkirk condemned her to! She is so good. She keeps an innocence that you only find in children. Hitomi preserves her innocence, her faith in the good of everyone, even through war.
They are both doomed! They can't forget, they can't survive apart, they can't stay together. Either way, the two who deserve the best of fates are stuck with this awful fate!
I'm so sorry, Hitomi. Selena is right. You are a true lady, Lady Hitomi.
I'm so sorry, Lord Van. You trusted me, accepting me into your country. You trusted your beloved to me. You are fair and wise, and a just ruler. Strong enough to stand for peace in a war ridden world. There is no justice in this happening to you.
If they had just let each other go! I could have saved them. Now Rianne will surely kill them. They cannot stand in her way. If only the Resistance had worked faster.
But then…..
they never could have let each other go, could they? Rianne doesn't remember what it is like for Draconians to fall in love. She has pounded love out of our way of life. And I am just beginning to realize that loss. Hitomi and Van have something truly…..special. 'Special' is a paltry word compared to the light I see through the pendent.
They would always remember, always…love. Their power is a strong as their love, isn't it? Aronic questioned herself. Infinite. Their power is infinite. She could barley grasp the idea.
Aronic was startled back to her surroundings when a weight had buckled her knees and dragged her to the ground. Lady Selena had collapsed against her shoulder, weeping.
The thought finally struck Aronic, as her wings slowly shrank into nothing, and Allen stood with his sword at her throat, growling because he was afraid to strike anywhere near his sister.
Infinite. Infinite. The Draconians are going to fall! There was no way they could measure up to infinite power. They had lost that the possibility of infinite power when they had lost love.
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Hitomi stood up, trying to brush the majority of the wet dirt off of her gorgeous white dress. Thankfully you could barley tell it had been in the dirt. She offered Van a hand up, but he brushed her assistance away.
"I need to get back to Gaea! I must get back to Fanalia!" He jumped up in a rush. "How do we get back?"
Hitomi was annoyed. Why is his country the first thing he always thinks about?
Don't be ridiculous, Hitomi told herself. It's his nature. It's his responsibility. It's nothing to get jealous about.
"I don't know how to get back. I don't even know how we got here!" She bent to tie a shoelace, hiding her face.
"Hnn." Van turned and looked out of the park boundaries to stare again at the city. And he stared…and stared.
How can it be so big? Van asked her in shock, inquiring silently. Hitomi slowly straitened, still careful that he didn't see her face.
She answered out loud so he couldn't hear what was going on in his head, "The City started out smaller, but after a few decades of people adding onto it's size and economy it's grown almost to the size of our capital, Tokyo. When I was a little girl the skyscrapers had just started construction. " Hitomi indicated the huge office buildings.
"How do you reach the top? Do you climb all those stairs?" Van shook his head. The Mystic Moon looked like a mad house! All of the folk tales he had heard about it as a little boy came back to him. He looked around him. "How are the plants so strait? Why are they all the same breed? How is there a geyser out of a lake? How is a path made of stone, if the stone is not fit together? How do tress grow in a strait line? How is light coming from glass?!" he burst with a myriad of questions. Before she could answer Van cried out, his hands fisting against his temples, rumpling his unruly black hair.
Van? What's wrong?! Hitomi grabbed his fist in concern.
The noise, what's inside my head? The force of his thoughts struck her, making her flinch, but she plunged forward bravely into the cause of his pain, trying to find the source.
Sound waves. It's sound waves, she discovered in awe. It was unbelievable! She hadn't even thought about it before. The reason Hitomi had felt so strange and light-headed in Gaea was that there was nothing, nothing bouncing around in the air. Hitomi hadn't even realized! Radio stations to honking cars, the waves were vibrating violently through the sensitive passage of Van's abused eardrum.
Hold on, she whispered as softly as she could inside of his head. She reached underneath her beautiful dress and ripped two long strips off the fine linen. Hitomi folded the strips and pushed the cloth till it covered the opening of Van's ear, and repeated for the other one.
Van cautiously opened his eyes. The strange vibrations were still there, but they were muted.
Thank you, he offered.
She smiled, I guess it's a good thing we don't have to talk to speak! Hearing me would be hard! So…..what are we going to do? Van frowned and he reached down to grab the pendent. He held it up in front of them and it swung, back and forth, back and forth, keeping time, but seemingly lifeless.
It seems dead, Hitomi touched to make sure. Hitomi tried to look "through" it again, but only perceived dim light and shadow. At least I can still see Van's light, she thought. Hitomi looked up and noticed the sky was starting to change colors.
"It late. We can't stay out here when it gets dark." Hitomi pointed out to him. He nodded.
"Where…." Van left the question hanging.
"Dillandua burnt my home---- we can't stay there. But….Yukari! She'll find a place for us to stay!"
"Who----" Van started.
"My very best friend," Hitomi interrupted. "But…..you've seen her before! She was at the track with Amano." Van gave her an uncomprehending look. It reminded her of Yukari. She gently reached into his memories to touched the place where the memory should be, but….it was foggy, empty. What was going on? Yukari couldn't remember that day…now Van couldn't either?
She couldn't think about this right now! It wasn't the time!
"We have to go before it gets dark." Hitomi urgently pulled on his arm. Van let himself be led out of the park. Hitomi glanced at him, and let off a mental sigh. Even on Earth, Van still strode like a King and seemed to have a "used-to-being-obeyed-immediately" air around him. How strange he looked walking a park path to a street! This almost didn't seem real to Hitomi.
It's a good think this street is quiet at night, Hitomi thought. What would people think of our clothes?
Van thought the world had turned upside down. Everything was so strange! Everything sent warning bells of in his head. It even smelled strange.
The place where they where walking was a broad strip of black pavement, that wasn't quite stone. Each step he took, the black stuff absorbed his footstep and spring back. No wonder Hitomi could run so fast! He guessed they were walking on some sort of street, but there were strange white markings dividing it into sections, and who would ever do that?
Van was amazed at what Hitomi called 'small shops.' They were huge two story houses, with window that were as tall as he was! There were actual trees in the strange not-stone that paved the side of the streets. Inside the windows he could see people. They looked so alien! Why did none of them carry weapons? Van felt so awkward, he---to tell the truth, he needed to hit something…hard.
They tried to pass a strangely dressed couple who was walking by them. Van tried to keep his eyes averted, but…the girl was hardly wearing any clothes at all! It definitely wasn't the uniform that Hitomi had been wearing when he first met her! Van wouldn't believe that his Hitomi had ever worn anything so immodest.
Before them caught site of Van and Hitomi, the couple had been cuddling and whispering to each other. They suddenly stopped and stared. The girl couldn't seem to close her mouth, Van noted.
"Excuse me…" she faltered. "Why…your clothes are….is that a sword?!" she cried. Why was she so upset? But Hitomi was staring at Van's ceremonial sword too.
Van heard her groan softly, and think rapidly.
"Ah, its ---its a costume party!" she said brightly.
"Those are the best costumes I've ever seen," the boy next to the girl frowned.
"Wow! It looks like it's going to be a blast!" The girl beamed at them, her demeanor changed in the blink of an eye. She waved cheerfully at them and nudged her boyfriend into following her.
Oh, Van….
Why doesn't anybody carry weapons in your world? How do they protect themselves? Van was truly puzzled, unable to comprehend a world so completely at peace.
It not legal! Hitomi explained anxiously. If any patrol police saw you, they could take you to jail!
Jail? He asked, completely confused
Imprison you! Hitomi illustrated frantically. How are we going to hide it? She worried faintly.
"Imprison you? For carrying a sword?" Van shook his head in scathing disbelief. "It's not possible! The rebellion---"
"Come on!" she interrupted him, tugging at his arm. " This isn't your world anymore. There might be more people who see you!" Hitomi tried to increase the pace, but was severely hampered by the dress. She made a small sound of frustration and brushed some tawny hair out of her eyes. Why was Hitomi so upset? Van wondered. People who saw her in Gaea wouldn't have imprisoned her on sight!
The small outlet of shops had given way to a lonely back street. The same street, Hitomi realized, that she and Yukari had used to meet Amano and 'Derian.' The view of the pier was breathtaking a sunset. She didn't realize she had stopped... It was nice to be home. She forgot how beautiful this place could be a sunset. Hitomi eyes were fixed so hungrily at the exquisite picture that she didn't hear the car till it was almost on top of them.
BEEP!!!! Van stood frozen in the middle of the road. The bizarre light blinded him, and a grinding noise deafened him. Van ripped his sword out of its sheath with a fierce battle cry. Using the other arm to shield his eyes, he knew this strange beast of the Mystic Moon would die before he let it near Hitomi!
"VAN! NO!" He heard a terrible screeching sound and the light was gone from his eyes, leaving him blinded, and seeing strange things in the dark. Van was sure he was facing his death. He would stand up bravely and face it like a king of Fanalia! Van felt a hard impact as a soft body crashed into and sent him sprawling. The rough black surface of the road rubbed the skin from his neck and he felt the wind past his face as something whooshed over his head.
"What the---"
"Did you hit him?"
"Who was that guy?"
"Was that a sword?!" The doors of the car slammed as the occupant hurried over.
"Are you okay?" One of them called out, but got no reply.
Hitomi had started to pull Van out of the road. Movement came back to his paralyzed limbs and they both made it out of the road and toppled over behind a large tree on the other side, breathing heavily.
"Where did they go?"
"I'm drunk! We shouldn't be driving."
"I didn't see anything, did you?" Van and Hitomi heard car doors slam as the teens raced back into their car and drove squealing away.
Adrenaline still flooded Hitomi's blood. She could feel Van's heart beating at the same erratic rate as hers. Hitomi turned with a groan and thumped her fist against Van's shoulder.
Don't. You. Ever. Do. That. To. Me. Again! You think I could live if you died? He held her tightly, grateful for each breath, allowing her to hit him more.
What was that?
It was a car! A piece of technology! It would have killed you on impact. You can't use a sword here! She sent him a picture of a vehicle that resembled a carriage, traveling at unimaginable speeds, unable to see the small body of a boy. The impact sent his tiny body flying and Van knew there was no way he could have survived a hit that hard.
He was a boy I used to know. He lived close to me. I remember playing with him, when he had just started to walk. Sorrow took the form of deep colors swirling around the words. It had been so close. Hitomi couldn't get over the feeling that her heart had stopped…she could have lost him to something as stupid as a drunk driver…
I promised you. I'll always be here to protect you, Van let his forehead rest against hers, reassuring her, sorry that she had seen that tragedy, remembering the children left parentless after the Great War.
Hitomi took another shaky breath and push off of him, onto her knees. Van put an arm around her waist and supported her to her feet. She leaned against his strength for a minuet, grateful her was so strong. Sigh…he's so warm…I love to feel him breathing…
Hitomi tilted her head up, and softly kissed him on the cheek. She blew gently on one of the profusely bleeding cuts on his neck, then straitened.
"Let's get out of here."
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The Duke of Asturia took a deep breath and bellowed from the dais, "Now is the time to attack! Fanalia is weak! Strike now, before she can strike back!"
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"What?" Chid, the duchy of Fried gasped. "They're declaring open attack now? While the Queen, Princes, and Master Guildman of Asturia are there? Are they insane? It has to be a lie!"
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"Aronic succeeded beyond our expectations! Now we have the King and the girl isolated on Earth! This makes everything all too easy! Fate is drawing closer, Kyrell!" Rianne exclaimed jubilantly.
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"Me-ru-ru?" Keman's small voice piped up. "He's not coming back. He left with her. They're going to miss the angels. They're coming to meet everyone. His mother was an angel, you know." Merle yelped and almost dropped him.
"What?!" she exclaimed, spooked. The hairs on her tail stood up on end. But he didn't answer, just smiled at her, with little baby teeth. Another clump of dead skin fell off of his shoulder revealing a set of new, harder scales.
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Dryden was astonished when Allen entered the library Dryden spent most of his time in.
"Yes?" He snapped his book closed, intrigued.
"I have a question to ask you," Allen grated out.
Dryden laughed, "Well, what's stopping you?"
Allen glared at him, "Where do you think Van and Hitomi have gone to?"
"Well, if all the facts add up logically, I assume they're back on the Mystic Moon." Allen snorted in disbelief.
"Why would they go back to the Mystic Moon?" he asked with barely disguised scorn.
"You asked me where I thought they went, I don't know why! We're still not friends, right? Don't you knights know when you've gone over the line?" Dryden slammed the large tome in his hand down on the desk.
"Dryden?" He looked up to see Selena edge her way into the library. "Oh, I'm sorry, Brother. I didn't know you were here. Can I ask a quick question? I'm sorry to disturb you, but I was wondering."
"Yes?" Dryden turned his back to them, facing the open window.
"What will happen when Lady Hitomi gets back? Can Fanalia afford a second marriage that's not political? I understand that the late King Goau married for love also."
Dryden chuckled, "So you're a romantic too, eh?" Selena didn't say anything.
Dryden shrugged, "Fanalia needs a political marriage, if just to prove that Van is serious about creating peace."
"But, Van would die for Hitomi! And Lady Hitomi loves him so much. They're so miserable when they're not together." Selena looked away.
"Maybe love will prevail. I wouldn't know, eh, Allen? I've never had a successful marriage." Allen reddened angrily.
"Millerna was forced into that political marriage! She should be able to marry whoever she pleases!"
" Marry whom she pleases? Who would that be? You? But that's not the way it works, does it?" Dryden corrected sardonically. "And, the last time I checked, Millerna wasn't in love with anyone." The occupants of the library all looked up quickly when they heard a short expulsion of breath. Millerna was standing in the doorway, tears pooling in her beautiful amethyst eyes.
"What right do you have, deciding who I love, and who I should marry? I'll marry when I am ready, when I fall in love! Just like Hitomi!" She fled the library.
"Millerna!" Allen tried to run after her, but Selena grabbed his arm.
"No, Brother. Please. Let me." Selena shook her head.
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Millerna cried hard, with her hands covering her face. The garden was so pretty. Fanalia would always remind her of a green emerald.
It just wasn't fair! She knew she didn't have the freedom to marry whomever she wanted too. Granted, now that her sister was queen, there was a lot less pressure on her to go to the altar.
She was furious at Allen! No, no she wasn't. Yes, she was! Millerna was so confused. She was furious to find Allen talking behind her back…but…why wasn't she so upset about Dryden discussing whom she loves or whom she would marry? Maybe because they had already been married.
Dryden said he loved her. Dryden had tried his best to make her happy. But…this wasn't about her anymore! She felt was so selfish.
Millerna jumped and tried to wipe the tears off her face when she felt someone's hand on her shoulder.
"S-Selena." What did she want? The girl with Allen's eyes dropped beside her on the bench.
"I'm sorry," she said in her husky voice as she wrapped an arm around Millerna's shoulder and hugged her. Millerna's face crumpled and she rested her head on Selena's shoulder to cry.
"I'm so sorry, Selena," Millerna sobbed. "I don't know why I'm so upset. I'm just so confused." A flashback struck Millerna.
"I need some advice, Hitomi."
"Yeah?"
"There's this girl, and she really likes this guy, but she discovered that he was actually a….cough….playboy, he even fathered a child!"
"That jerk!"
"…..But what about the special feeling she already had for him?"
Another memory struck her.
"But I love Allen! I'm leaving the country to find him!" She could still remember the look over horror on her sister's face.
"I guess you can't really change what a person did before you met them," she had told Hitomi, so long ago.
"Please! Don't say anything! If I hear one kind word from you, I'll rely on you, and I don't want to do that!" Millerna had said that to Allen.
Hitomi's words had haunted her. "Millerna, Allen is the only man for you. I'm so sorry, but it's true!"
Millerna realized that for the past three years she hadn't forgotten this conflict, she was running from it. She had been running from Allen. And he had caught up with her.
Selena wrapped her other arm around Millerna, "I really don't understand, but I can to help you I you want to tell me." Selena smiled her gorgeous, sun-filled smile. Her brother's smile.
"Oh, Selena….I can't…." Millerna whispered.
"Well, then I will tell you what I know." Selena spoke firmly, with the resolve of a soldier. "My Brother has not looked at a woman since the end of the Great War. He has been teaching the Duchy of Fried to use a sword, in fact he's been spending a lot of time with my nephew.
I don't know a lot about Lord Dryden. I don't know that he has spent sleepless nights, as my Brother has. I don't know that he's been al lonely as my brother has. But….I do know that your feelings are the ones that matter, and I will hit anyone who tries to pressure into anything! Even my Brother," she flashed that charming, acerbic grin again. "And he will probably be the one who presses the matter," Selena snickered.
"Why, you little---" Millerna began indignantly. "How can you assume---!"
"Peace! Peace!" Selena laughed. " You don't have to tell me anything! I just wanted you to look at whatever this situation is a little differently." Selena became sober again.
"This isn't in the middle of a war. I know what it's like from a soldiers point of view," she paused. "But not a political alliance pawn. I know how it is to be used…but not sold in that way.
But, the war is over. Marriage doesn't have to be a terrible thing, with a complicated love/political drama. My brother and Dryden both want to court you. Enjoy it. Spend time with them. You don't have to make any kind of choices. If you're interested, get to know them." Selena stopped again, but this time only to wink at Millerna. "All is fair in love and war, but don't hurt Dryden's feelings too bad."
"What?!" Millerna stood up in a rush, red and piqued. But Selena was already laughing and halfway across the garden. Millerna couldn't help but smile. Selena was blunt, but she only meant the best. Maybe, maybe she was right. Maybe this shouldn't be a tragic drama. Maybe, maybe she was looking at this the wrong way. Maybe she was holding onto those struggles in the past…afraid to let go. Maybe it was time to stop running.
And for the first time in long, long years Millerna felt…free.
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Yukari was the one who answered the knock at the door.
"Aaiihhhhhh!" Yukari's eyes rolled up in her head and she fainted dead away into Hitomi's unsuspecting arms. Hitomi sank down a little, and cast a baleful eye at Van. He was amused, darn him! He always picked the wrong things to find funny! He stood a bit back from her, out of the light on Yukari's porch, and made no move to come and help her with Yukari's dead weight.
Hitomi went to her knees, painfully scraping the left one. Yukari slumped over so her head was cradled in Hitomi's lap.
"Hitomi!" Hitomi looked up as she heard a familiar voice.
"Ah!" All she saw was a blur of color as someone charged her, hugging her and Yukari fiercely.
"Aoki?" Hitomi gasped in surprise. Van growled. Aoki hadn't heard him
"We were so worried about you, Kanzaki! Your house was burning and all of a sudden you were gone, with that terrible American!" He hugged her tighter. "I'm so glad you're okay!"
Van had had enough. This wasn't funny. That boy was still on top of Hitomi, and his hands were dangerously close to…to... Van strode over to wear Hitomi still lay toppled with the other girl still on her lap. He grabbed Aoki by the back of his shirt and hauled him off Hitomi.
"Ahk!" the boy cried in surprise. "Who are you?" Van shook his head. He couldn't understand a word the boy was saying. Maybe it was because the hilt of his sword was pressing into this whelp's neck. Well, Van was not inclined to remove it!
"What are you saying? What language do you speak?" Van demanded. Aoki looked confused and alarmed.
"Hitomi? Who is this guy? What language is he speaking?" Aoki asked her in confusion.
"What?" Hitomi tried to stand up, but realized Yukari was still on her lap. "You can't underst--- Van! Stop it!"
"Yukari!" Amano rushed out of the house and fell at Yukari side.
"What happened? Is she okay?" he demanded frantically. Then, he realized whom he was speaking to.
"Hitomi! You're back!" He reached over to hug her. He was definitely to close to Hitomi, Van decided. Van was tempted to throw up his hands and charge. Then Amano noticed Van, strange clothes, foreign look, sword, scowl, and all.
"Kritzack efin za matt-ne graratto? Tridren!" Van demanded. "Shreeneth Dias recolas chikahara!"
"Van!" Hitomi exclaimed. "Get a grip! He was worried about me and Yukari!" Amano stared at Van and then at Hitomi. Yukari began to stir.
"H-Hitomi? Why are you wearing such strange clothes?" she mused slowly. Then it struck her, just like Amano. "Hitomi, you're back! I was so worried about you!" Yukari cried as she threw her arms around Hitomi's neck.
"Who---" Yukari was looking at Van.
"But, Yukari---"
But she knows who he is! I told her! She saw him! Why doesn't she remember?
And…why didn't Van remember Yukari? He saw her too. She was so sick of this! Why didn't anyone remember? Was she really the only one who had to carry this alone?! The pendent swung in to Hitomi's mind. And this time she ripped the fog that surrounded Yukari's memory with a yank.
"Ouch!" Yukari cried, bring a hand to her head, but she took a closer look at Van.
She gasped, "Oh, Hitomi! Is that him?"
"Is that who?" Aoki butted back into their conversation.
Hitomi!
Yes? She answered Van, turning to him in surprise.
Why can't they understand me?
I don't know. Could you understand them?
No. Hitomi shook her head to clear the bleariness in her vision and yawned.
"My god, you're exhausted!" Yukari looked at her in concern. "And we're on the ground, outside of my house!" Yukari held her hand to Amano, and he ignored it, stooped and gently picked her up. She grinned at Hitomi and winked.
Aoki, not to be out-done, took a step towards Hitomi, but Van, who was shorter by 4 inches, glared fiercely at him and brushed him aside.
Hitomi pushed off the ground and held a hand out, but Van ignored it too. He slid an arm behind her knees and the small of her back, and cradled her against his chest as carefully as he would have picked up Keman. Just like Amano had picked up Yukari. Aoki just stood there for a moment, not believing he was being pushed around by someone who was a half of a foot smaller than he was, and abashed by Van's "you-exist-to-make-me-look-good" air.
Hitomi laughed at him silently in her head.
Van sent her a rueful picture of Aoki taking one look at a land dragon in his country, and fainting.
She giggled and rested her head against his shoulder. The last thought she had, she sent to him. She 'sent' him an exaggerated picture in which Aoki and Amano were both 3 feet taller than him. She fell asleep with a smile on her lips and with his indignant response still ringing in her ears.
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