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Attitude Doesn't Always Equal Age
Chap. 9
Gojyo rubbed his head, and looked around him. He was in a small hut, the Eryi woman he'd seen crouching next to him.
"Centauress, I am Renika. Come now, I want to show you something." The woman stood and beckoned to him. Gojyo tried to stand, and fell.
'I forgot that I have four legs now!' Keeping his hooves in mind, he made it to his feet. Renika beckoned again, and Gojyo followed her outside to a small village.
"What is this place?"
"This is the Eyri village. Mind you, it's the Eryi village. Come on, the villager elder has to talk to you." Renika led Gojyo over to a large dome-like hut.
It was large and dark inside, like stepping into an astrology theater. A white Eryi woman sat on a pillow in front of a fire. She beckoned for Gojyo.
"Renika told me how you are trying to defeat Detestai." The woman stated.
"Yeah. She turned me into a centauress. I was…um, a half-breed."
"And judging on how much you despise your current body, you were male, correct?" She asked. Gojyo nodded. "I see. I am the Eyri Elder. Renika may have told you, but this is the only Eyri village."
"Yeah, she said that. Does that have something to do with Detestai?"
"You're a clever one. You see, Detestai….well, it used to be that the Eyri was a thriving race, and there were countless numbers of us. But one day….Detestai came, and our world became a living hell. She took our young women as subjects for her fiendish concoctions, and her horrible spells." The Eyri Elder shuddered. "Did you know that Eyris don't all speak common? In fact, a great many of us don't speak at all."
"But you and Renika speak."
"We were test subjects for Detestai. Renika escaped with eternal beauty, the ability to speak common, and greater strength that any of our warriors. I escaped only with the ability to speak common."
"What happened to the men, Eyri Elder?"
"The men…they were taken to her dreadful Bio Lab. After all, there is a legend that the essence of an Eyri grants beauty."
"One of the abilities she leeched is eternal beauty."
"Did any of your people know the ability of eternal beauty before-hand?" Gojyo asked.
"Why yes. It was…my sister. She was taken with the others to Detestai. She's left us alone, but comes for a fresh young one every once in a while." The Eyri Elder replied. "Why?"
"That's it! Eyri Elder, can I take one of your wisest Eyris back to help me out with certain things?"
"Of course. But he doesn't speak common. You'll need Renika as well."
"Good." Gojyo ran out, and there stood Renika with a silver furred Eyri boy, who, were he human, would probably be about nineteen.
"Gojyo-san, this Yuca." Renika introduced the boy. His golden eyes shone, as he bowed to the centauress.
"Good. Both of you get on. We've got to get back to my friends to tell them everything."
"Hm? Everything? What have you figured out?"
"How to beat Detestai."