George disabled all of the traps left behind that were meant to keep intruders from leaving the underground cavern with top secret company information. Afterward, he, Presea, Genis, Colette, and Zelos left the cavern behind. The four heroes agreed to keep George's cavern a secret. In return, George had to promise them that he would never make a golem-like device ever again or let anyone else take over his research. He agreed to these terms and the four of them went back to their hotel room.

When they got back to the room, Regal was awake and doing his morning training routine. He stopped in the middle of kicking at the air and looked at them when they came in.

"Hey there. Having fun?" Zelos asked.

"I am always up at this time in the morning." Regal replied, "I'll admit that I am surprised to see all of you up this early."

"We were… umm…" Colette began.

"Uh… we were taking a walk. It was so nice outside and… well…" Genis lied.

"I hope that you didn't get too wet." Regal said.

"Wet?" Colette asked.

"It was raining earlier." Regal stated, "But now that I look at you, all four of you are dry." Regal rubbed his chin with one hand as he thought.

"Where we were is our own business." Zelos yawned, "Now the Great Zelos needs some shut eye. Catch you later." Zelos jumped into to the nearest empty bed and promptly went to sleep. Regal shrugged his shoulders and returned to his training routine. Colette lied down on a bed and soon fell asleep.

Presea walked out to the balcony and looked up at the sky again. Genis followed her out.

"Are you alright, Presea?" Genis asked. Presea looked at him with her head tilted to one side.

"I am." she replied in a depressed voice.

"You don't sound ok." Genis noticed, "You sound sad." Presea sighed and looked back toward the sky.

"If something's wrong, you can tell me." Genis coaxed.

"I… Colette was right." Presea sighed.

"What was she right about?"
"I was thinking earlier… about Alicia."

"Oh." Genis said, "Uh… well…"
"When she first went to work for… Regal… she sent me a letter. In the letter, Alicia told me about the city she moved to. She mentioned that in the city there was a special place. She would go to this place when she needed to be alone. It made her feel… happy."

"That sounds like a great place."

"I thought so too. That's why I wanted to see it for myself."

"It was it the monument?" Genis asked, "Is that why you went to look at it by yourself?"

"Yes." Presea replied, "She said the monument had a secret. The secret of the monument was that just being near it made her feel more at ease with the world."

"Presea… so that's why…"

"I wanted to go to her special place. I wanted it to make me feel happy like it had made her happy. But all I found was a stone golem. All I found… was despair."

"That's not true!" Genis exclaimed. Presea turned toward Genis and looked him in the eyes.

"What do you mean?"

"When we came in, you said that you were glad we had come. You even smiled, Presea."

"You… have a point."

"I think that you did find happiness at the monument. Not in the same way that your sister did, but in your own unique way." Presea smiled slightly as she thought about what Genis had said. When he saw that he had made her feel better, Genis also smiled. There was a moment of silence.

"So… the secret is different for each individual?" Presea questioned.

"I guess it is." Genis responded. There was more silence.

"I'm tired." Presea muttered.

"So am I." Genis said, "Maybe we should go to sleep. Let's go in."

With that, they went back into the hotel room and fell asleep. In a few hours, they would have to wake up and face another day full of new mysteries and adventures.