"Cleao, what's wrong?"Orphen asked. She was silent. They stood out on the
balcony where the moonlight created enough light to see by.Cleao looked out
across the lawn and at her beloved home of Totokanto.
"I..."she said, looking at him sadly.Without a word, Orphen took her into his arms gently. "I don't want to lose Sachi...what should I do?".He didn't answer for a long moment.He never knew much about how to take care of children, one of the reasons he assumed that Cleao had forgiven him for leaving.
"You know...is she a lot like me?"he asked.
"Yes, more than you could ever fathom,"she said, chuckling lightly.
"Then how do you live while I am out there, so far away from you.How do you continue caring for your children, and smiling when we are so far apart?"he asked her.She looked at him like the answer was obvious and saw his eyes were completely serious.
"Orphen...you will always come back to me.And you promised you wouldn't die before you went to save Azalie. There is nothing else quite as dangerous and yet you made it through when Flameheart and Childman could not wield the sword.I know that someday you will return to me,"she confessed.
"Sachi will return to you someday too.But because she is so much like me, she will leave and do anything to acheive her goal whether you will let her or not," he said, smiling slightly. Cleao rested her head against his chest, listening to his heart beat.
"Orphen..."she said, not looking at him.
"Yes?"he asked.
"Please escourt Sachi to the Tower Of Fangs and make sure that she gets there safely so she may return to me someday,"she said, and Orphen genuinely smiled.He gently stroked her long golden locks.
"I promise," he said quietly.
"You always keep them," Cleao said.
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"Do you have everything you'll need Sachi?" Cleao asked, looking through the bag to doublecheck again.
"Yes mother, don't worry about me, I'll be fine," Sachi said.Her mother had suddenly made it top priority to make everything perfect.She had been even debating what colour of socks she should pack and what was more efficient.She foud her mother's behaviour funny, but her mother had always been so overprotective.
"It's just that it's your first journey so far away from home dear," she said, trying to impress the reason upon Sachi.
"Hey!Are you ready yet kid?We can't wait all day,"Orphen said impatiently.Cleao may have snuck into the cart in order to travel with them for the first time but at least she had been on time. He and Mahic stood impatiently outside of Cleao's small humble house on the outskirts.
"I'm NOT a kid!"Sachi said indgnantly. She picked up the bag and slung it over her shoulders.
"Goodbye Sachi.Be a good girl with Mr.Orphen, won't you?"Cleao said, closing the latch on the bag.
"Yes.Goodbye mommy.Ah...thanks,"Sachi said shyly.
"Just make sure you go out there and be the best, won't you?If this is really what you want then I expect you to do your best while you're studying at the Tower Of Fangs, and to listen to your teachers,"she said, motherly district finally coming into play.
"I will mommy.Bye,"Sachi said, then walked out the open door.She would miss her mother greatly but Sachi knew she had to become a sorcerer.She would be the best...
"I..."she said, looking at him sadly.Without a word, Orphen took her into his arms gently. "I don't want to lose Sachi...what should I do?".He didn't answer for a long moment.He never knew much about how to take care of children, one of the reasons he assumed that Cleao had forgiven him for leaving.
"You know...is she a lot like me?"he asked.
"Yes, more than you could ever fathom,"she said, chuckling lightly.
"Then how do you live while I am out there, so far away from you.How do you continue caring for your children, and smiling when we are so far apart?"he asked her.She looked at him like the answer was obvious and saw his eyes were completely serious.
"Orphen...you will always come back to me.And you promised you wouldn't die before you went to save Azalie. There is nothing else quite as dangerous and yet you made it through when Flameheart and Childman could not wield the sword.I know that someday you will return to me,"she confessed.
"Sachi will return to you someday too.But because she is so much like me, she will leave and do anything to acheive her goal whether you will let her or not," he said, smiling slightly. Cleao rested her head against his chest, listening to his heart beat.
"Orphen..."she said, not looking at him.
"Yes?"he asked.
"Please escourt Sachi to the Tower Of Fangs and make sure that she gets there safely so she may return to me someday,"she said, and Orphen genuinely smiled.He gently stroked her long golden locks.
"I promise," he said quietly.
"You always keep them," Cleao said.
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"Do you have everything you'll need Sachi?" Cleao asked, looking through the bag to doublecheck again.
"Yes mother, don't worry about me, I'll be fine," Sachi said.Her mother had suddenly made it top priority to make everything perfect.She had been even debating what colour of socks she should pack and what was more efficient.She foud her mother's behaviour funny, but her mother had always been so overprotective.
"It's just that it's your first journey so far away from home dear," she said, trying to impress the reason upon Sachi.
"Hey!Are you ready yet kid?We can't wait all day,"Orphen said impatiently.Cleao may have snuck into the cart in order to travel with them for the first time but at least she had been on time. He and Mahic stood impatiently outside of Cleao's small humble house on the outskirts.
"I'm NOT a kid!"Sachi said indgnantly. She picked up the bag and slung it over her shoulders.
"Goodbye Sachi.Be a good girl with Mr.Orphen, won't you?"Cleao said, closing the latch on the bag.
"Yes.Goodbye mommy.Ah...thanks,"Sachi said shyly.
"Just make sure you go out there and be the best, won't you?If this is really what you want then I expect you to do your best while you're studying at the Tower Of Fangs, and to listen to your teachers,"she said, motherly district finally coming into play.
"I will mommy.Bye,"Sachi said, then walked out the open door.She would miss her mother greatly but Sachi knew she had to become a sorcerer.She would be the best...