To Protect Her
Fire blazed and the sounds of Erza fighting rang through the once quiet town and Soler stood motionless to paralyzed with fear by the man who was about to end his brief life. The large man swung down with his club ready to end the boy but right before it could reach a hand grabbed the club. A moment later the club broke into pieces with the man scurrying back at the sight of the person who was attached to the hand,
"Glad to see we didn't miss much." the familiar voice said. Soler moved his head back to see Gildarts standing over him. The man smiled gently at Soler who stared at him in disbelief,
"Don't worry you're guildmates have your back lad." Just then a cry was heard out and Soler looked to see a few of the men go flying. He felt a sudden chill in the air and saw through the fire Gray standing next to Erza with some ice bazooka over his shoulder.
"Stand up Soler." he turned his eyes back to Gildarts who was standing in front of him now,
"Stand up. You don't have anything to fear now. We're all here with you." he said confidently. He looked at the man who was protecting him and felt his words in his heart. But no matter how much he tried to move he just couldn't find the strength he needed. He didn't have the courage to stand. With the added support from Gildarts and Gray, the Fairy Tail wizards were able to easily force the group of thugs to retreat. The leader from before sported a fresh bruise to his face and was helping one of the other guys to flee,
"You Fairy Tail wizards better watch your back. We'll be back!" he declared before fleeing into the night with the rest of his men. With the action over Gray went to work taking down the fire that blazed with his ice,
"Man those guys were cakewalk." he sighed, sounding almost disappointed.
"I agree, the way the townsfolk spoke of them I expected them to put up a better fight." Gildarts added, "Erza you all-" he stopped his sentence when he saw a blur of red rush over to Soler who was now standing back up. Erza ran over and quickly wrapped him into a hug. As she hugged him he stayed motionless, his head hung low. She broke the hug and looked at the boy but was unable to meet his eyes with his hair blocking them from view,
"I'm so glad you're safe. When the fighting started and we got separated you weren't moving so I got worried." she blurted out. Soler's eye twitched,
'She was worried about me? Even during the fighting?' he thought,
"I tried to get over to you to help but i couldn't find the opportunity. I'm glad Gildarts was able to come when he did and I'm sorry I couldn't protect you when you needed it." she spoke sounding defeated. Soler's body twitched at that,
'She's sorry she didn't protect me?' his fist balled in frustration 'I say I want to be as strong as she is but...I…' Soler gently got out of her grasp. He didn't say a word to her as he turned and began walking back to the hotel. Sadden and confused Erza was going to try and stop him but at that moment the townspeople and construction crew came rushing to them to give them praise for protecting them. Soler walked past the rushing people and even ignored the few who tried to praise him. He was too ashamed to let them give him any he felt too weak and unworthy. The remaining three Fairy Tail wizards took the praise not being able to stop the group of people but they all felt for the exiting wizard knowing that what happened tonight couldn't be easy on anyone.
***Later That Night***
Soler sat outside on the porch of the hotel alone still deep in his thoughts. The others had gone to sleep by now so the town was silent besides the sounds of the nighttime creatures coming to life. The moon and stars were shining brightly tonight lighting up the world around him but even with their brilliance it didn't help ease the shame he felt,
''Why couldn't I fight? I know how to fight just why couldn't I?'' These thoughts were replaying through his mind as he sat only feeling more frustrated with each lap they did,
"So this is where you've been." Soler only turned his head slightly to see Erza emerging from the door. He still couldn't look her in the eyes so he turned away letting his bangs block his eyes. When he didn't respond back Erza sighed internally. She walked slowly up to him taking note of how small his form looked,
"Mind if I sit?" she asked gently. He shook his head this time. She smiled slightly and sat down next to him. The two sat in silence as one gazed at the stars and the other stared at the ground. The night wind blew softly, moving Erza's hair slightly out of place causing her to put it back in order,
"The stars are beautiful tonight." she said breaking the silence. Soler still didn't respond so she continued,
"You know I've noticed that no matter where you go the stars will always shine differently in each place. The night sky in Magnolia looks nothing like this night sky. That's kinda strange isn't it?" she asked, turning her gaze to him. She couldn't see his eye with his bangs blocking them but she could feel the pain he was emitting. She sighed,
"Soler listen about earlier don't-"
"How do you do it?" Erza stopped her talking at the sound of his voice,
"How are you so strong Erza? Please tell me." he asked, his voice needy and full of frustration. Erza's heart panged at hearing it,
"Soler...I-" Soler whipped his head to look at her with tears glistening his eyes,
"Please don't say you don't know. You're the strongest person to me Erza. You've trained me and helped me learn to fight but when the time came for me to defend myself I-I just choked! I want to be strong like you are so please...how do you do it?" he pleaded. Erza was stunned to see him crying and was hating every second he was but she needed to answer his question,
"Well to be honest I don't see myself as strong as all." Erza responded quietly. The confused expression Soler gave said everything but she held up a hand,
"Let me explain. To me, I'm not strong at all. In fact, there are plenty stronger than me. Such as Master, Gildarts, or even Laxus. So asking how I'm so strong I can't tell you because I don't know. But I think what gives me the strength to fight is that I have something important I want to protect at all cost." she answered. Soler's tears had stopped flowing as he just looked at her with his full attention curious about what she was going to say,
"What I have that's so important is Natsu, Gray, Lisanna, Mira, and you. I have a guild that I love with my whole heart and so I want to protect everyone in that guild with everything I have. So I guess in a way wanting to protect everyone gives me the strength to fight. So to answer your question I don't know. But I do know that as long as I have the strength needed to protect what I care for then I'm fine being weak my whole life." The air stood still at her declaration and the weight behind them. Erza didn't wait for a response opting instead to get up heading back to a door with Soler following her every move,
"So why don't you think about what it is that's so important to you that you'd want to protect it with your life. I have a feeling once you find that then maybe you'll find the strength you need to fight. I'm going in for the night so good-night Soler." And with that Erza went back inside leaving Soler to his thoughts again. He got chills as he went back over what she said to him,
''Something important. What's important to me? What am I willing to die for?'' As he pondered on the other side of the door Erza took a moment to calm herself. The site of seeing Soler like that was a bit much on her but she believed that her words were the words she needed to say.
"I know he'll find the strength he's looking for." she said to herself with a small smile. It was at the time and in the quiet was she finally able to feel her cheek was wet. She felt her left cheek and realized that she had been crying.
The next two days were uneventful for the group. The workers were able to finally work in peace and were nearing completion of the hospital. The Fairies were able to repair and fix up a lot of the town making the place a lot more presentable and pleasant looking. The town folks' moods were at an all time high with all the work being done. They even helped out, using the positivity to push them forward. It seems everyone was great except for one boy who had been held up inside the hotel. Soler had been inside for the past two days still wrapped up in his thoughts. The others had taken their attempts to get him to go outside but to no avail except Erza who had left him alone. She wanted to give him space and time to think. But when the last day came around and he still refused to come out, her patience wore out. So when she found him staring out the window like he had been she decided words wouldn't cut it anymore,
"Alright Soler, that's enough moping around! Today's the last day here and you've been moping around the past two days. So no more moping your coming with me." Erza barked as she marched up to him. He didn't say a word, more or less put up a fight when she grabbed him by the wrist and dragged him out of that room. When Erza emerged from the hotel with Soler in tow it surprised Gildarts and Gray to see. But they were more surprised to see that he wasn't putting up a fight as Erza dragged him about.
"Man I feel kinda bad for him." Gray said timidly,
"Yeah tell me about it." Gildarts agreed. It was mid-day now so it was their turn to help with the town leaving them to watch as she dragged the poor lad out to patrol.
To say the tension between the two was growing at an unpleasant pace would have been an understatement. The two hadn't spoken a word since they got their lookout spot and hours had passed since then. Erza was growing more impatient since she expected him to have gotten over the fight by now, but instead ever since their talk he's been wrapped up in his head. It was concerning at first but now it was just starting to annoy her that he wouldn't speak. She glanced over to him and saw how he was just staring out blankly still in his head.
''I never thought he could be the thinking type like this. Does he still not know what it is that's important to him?'' She thought. Time passed and with it the silence. The night was slowly approaching the town and everything looked like the job was going to wrap up without a hitch. Well, everything was going smooth until Erza noticed something out in the setting sun. She looked closely and it looked like a strange light was shining from somewhere. Erza grabbing her blade snapped Soler out of his daze as he looked over to her,
"Erza what's the matter?" he asked, breaking the silence. Erza's intense gaze didn't waver,
"I thought I saw something out there." she responded quietly. Soler instantly got on edge,
"You don't think it's those wizards do you?" he asked, fear edging his voice. Erza shrugged,
"I don't know but there's only one way to find out." she proceeded to walk out to investigate the light she saw. Soler didn't know where her bravery came from but though he was nervous he followed her nevertheless. The two walked a good way out from the town and it was getting dark quickly. Soler hadn't seen the light Erza saw but the adamant expression on her face told him that she had seen something. They walked a bit further out, with the town barely visible now. Erza stopped in her tracks and took another look around seeing nothing. She sighed and relaxed letting her hand off her blade,
"I guess it was just nothing after all." she smiled and look over to Soler,
"Come on let's get back to town." Soler nodded relieved and the two were about to start walking until Soler noticed the large club that had appeared out of nowhere and was aimed for Erza. Without thinking, Soler lunged at her much to her surprise,
"Erza!" he shouted as he got between her and the club and put his hands up ready to try and stop the attack. He shut his eyes waiting to get hit by the club but when a few seconds passed and he felt nothing he opened his eyes to look. The surprised expressions on both Soler's and Erza face said everything as they looked at the club that was now hovering mid-air with a faint green glow around it.
"How did you…" the words were lost at the spectacle, a closer look at the club and it could be seen that the club wasn't hovering but it looked like it was just paused in mid-swing like time just stopped for it. Soler's hands were still upholding the club in place, not truly knowing what he was doing, but neither had the time to figure it out because the group of men from before jumped out from their hiding places surrounding them instantly. Erza quickly drew her sword readying for the fight ahead but Soler wasn't so lucky as when they jumped the man that threw the club came out before Soler towering over him. He grabbed Soler by the shirt and threw him to the ground hard. The moment Soler dropped his hands, time for the club resumed as it crashed to the ground with tremendous force. The man picked up his weapon inspecting it,
"Thanks, kid. I had to get a new one after your friend broke the first one." he taunted darkly. Soler was having flashbacks from before and the fear was swelling up again. Erza could feel a tug in her stomach which made her look back to see Soler's fearful expression,
'Not again.'" Soler! Stand up!" she barked. Without thinking Soler stood straight up and the two were now standing back to back though he still hadn't made his spears.
"Good now that you're standing do you think you can fight?" she questioned. It took him a moment but he shook his head, his voice failing. Erza figured this from the start but he was at least listening to her meaning…
"Soler listen to me. We can't handle this on our own. So I need you to go and get Gildarts and Gray. I'll hold them here so don't take too long." she said calmly. That shook Soler out of his fear for a moment. The thought of leaving Erza alone against these guys even for a few seconds made his heart lurch,
"Erza we're a far distance from the town. It'll take a long time to get there and back. You could-"
"Soler, trust me I'll be fine. I'll probably have these guys handled by the time you all get back. Now go!" she ordered. Soler hated the thought of leaving her here,
"But-"
"If you're worried about me then you better go fast. Now go!" Erza didn't give him an option as she swung her sword causing a shock wave with the slash scattering the group to open up a path for Soler. He stood shocked for a moment but looked to the opening she made for him. She was telling him to abandon her. It shook him more than the fear the thugs brought on him. But again she wanted him to run to get help. She needed him to run. For both their sake. He scrambled to the opening she made for him and began to do the one thing he was good at. A few of the men recovered and tried to grab him but he slipped right past him easily. A small smile was on Erza's face as she watched him run to town.
"Don't know what you're smiling about girl. You're alone now and against all of us." one of the men boasted causing the other laugh. Erza smirked as she stood ready with her blade,
"I wouldn't underestimate me if I was you." she said readying to give Soler as much time as needed.
Soler ran from the fighting and back to the town. He could see the lights from the town in the distance but it was so far away. He needed to get there faster, he needed to get help back to Erza.
''Must go faster! Must go faster!'' He screamed in his head. Soler shut his eyes and went into a full sprint giving it everything he had to get there, the only thoughts passing through his mind was the thought of going faster. In the next second, he felt a rush of wind blow on his face, and right after he crashed into something solid. He bounced off the object hitting the ground and rubbing his head in pain. Opening his eyes to see he ran into a building. He looked around to see he was back in town but he didn't know how he got here so fast. He shook off that train of thought remembering why he got back into town,
''Need GIldarts and Gray!'' He got back up and began to run to the hotel but as soon as he got into a stride he took off faster than he thought he could. Unprepared for the speed he went face-first into the door of the hotel with a loud thud. Gildarts quickly opened the door ready for anything. But the last thing he expected to see was Soler on the ground in front of him holding his face. He looked at the boy confused,
"Soler what are you doing on the ground?" he asked. Soler quickly recovered and stood up his eyes full of worry,
"Gildarts Erza's in trouble! We went out to investigate something but when we did we got ambushed and she was out there fighting them by herself. We need to go back out there and help her." he rambled his mouth moving faster than his mind. Gildarts got the gist from his ramble,
"Gray we need to get moving now! Erza needs help." after shouting that he looked back to Soler and gave a smile,
"You did good lad. It takes a lot of courage to go get help." he told him. Soler didn't feel like it took courage to run away from a fight and leave someone important behind. Gray quickly exited the hotel and soon the three were off running back to where Erza was. Soler was controlling his speed this time though every part of him wanted to super speed off to go back and help Erza. For the first time in his life, he felt a new sensation stir within him one he had never felt before. He couldn't pinpoint the name of the feeling and he didn't care. All he knew was that at this moment he needed to be by Erza's side, needed to make she was safe, he needed to protect her.
The three guys made it to where Soler left Erza but instead of a battle, they found nothing there besides the sign that battle happened.
"What happened here?" Gray questioned,
"That doesn't matter. Where's Erza?" Soler bud in his concern rising. Gildarts took a look around the area and he noticed that there were tracks leading from the spot they were in,
"Looks like they left some tracks for us." Soler and Gray went over to Gildarts and saw the tracks he was talking about.
"So then are you boys ready for a rescue?" he asked. The two both gave silent nods and the three took off again to get back one of their own.
Erza sat quietly in her chair as she watched one of the men pace around in front of her. After Soler dashed off she waited till he was out of site then willingly gave herself up. The men were confused by her surrender but took her nevertheless glad to have a hostage. Once they brought her back to their hideout they tied her up to a chair and she's been sitting quietly ever since.
"What were you guys thinking, bringing her back here!" the pacing man demanded,
"Relax Jay. We made sure we weren't followed and plus even if we were followed they can't handle all of us." one responded. Erza did have to admit there were way more of them at their hideout compared to how many showed up at the town. The man named Jay sighed,
"That's not the point. Heartfilia pays us to terrorize the town until he can get the claims to tear it down. But with that hospital up now we failed what we were paid for. Now we got a wizard from none other than Fairy Tail here as a hostage. Do you not see how bad this is for us?" he explained.
''Heartfilia. I'll have to remember that name for later.'' Erza thought. Jay's cries fell on deaf ears as the others weren't worrying either. Jay continued to try and get them to understand but while he was Erza took notice that near the entrance of the building she could see what looked like brief flashes of light. None of the other men took notice of it which would ultimately be their downfall.
''Well look like it's time to get started.'' She thought. The men were smart enough to take her sword away but now would be a perfect time to work more on her Requip magic. She closed her eyes and focused on her sword appearing in her hand. With a few moments of focus, her sword appeared in her hand and she quickly cut off the rope that was binding her. Erza sprung up out of her chair much to the group of men's surprise,
"How did she-" Jay's words were cut off by the explosion that came from the front of the building. Everyone looked to the front to see a gaping hole and standing in that hole was Soler, Gray, and Gildarts. Erza smiled,
"I see you took your time." she said. Soler smiled back at her,
"Sorry Erza but I got the others like you ordered." he responded. She only smiled more at him but their little moment of peace got shattered when the group of men recovered and went on the offensive. Erza being in the middle got rushed quicker than she was ready for, but Soler was faster than at the ambush as he weaved his way through the group of men to get in front of Erza. He raised his hands in the same manner as he did before,
"None of you are touching her!" he shouted as he stopped four oncoming men in their tracks. Erza was highly impressed by the act but she quickly acted with the opening he gave her. She swiftly attacked the four he froze in place sending them flying.
"Nice one Erza." Praised Soler. She turned to him with a smirk,
"It was nothing." In that gap of time, another man came charging and Soler quickly dashed kicking the man in the face making him eat dirt. Soler stood there a few moments letting what just happened process. His foot tingling with the contact of having attacked his first adversary. It was exhilarating,
"I-I just hit my first bad guy. Hey, Erza did ya see I just hit-" his sentence ended when a different thug punched Soler to the ground,
"Soler!" Erza came to his aid and knocked away the man then went to help Soler up expecting him to be in pain. But when she helped him up, though he was in pain, he had the biggest smile on his face,
"I just took that punch too." he got out. Erza chuckled,
"I've never seen someone smile from taking a hard hit. Well maybe except Natsu."
"Yeah well it was the first time I took a hit from protecting something important." he replied with glee. The ever so slightest blush crept on Erza's face at that. She smiled and the two went back to back with Erza having her sword drawn and Soler forming two spears,
"You ready to put your training to use?" She asked. With a confident smirk, Soler nodded,
"Yes ma'am!" with that the two jumped into the fray of battle.
With all four of the wizards fighting together they made quick work of the rather large group of men. Especially with Soler's new abilities helping out by slowing down the enemy and his speed confusing and disrupting them they took them all down. Though he didn't leave the fight without his own scrapes and bruises. But with how big the smile he held you wouldn't have been able to tell. After the battling was over and the bad guys had been roped up the Fairies finally had some time to relax. Soler sat on a crate and took a breather tired from the fighting,
"Nice fighting out there Soler!" the boy looked to see Erza walking up to him with a smile. She took a seat next to him,
"Thanks, it felt good taking those guys down." he responded. She nodded,
"I couldn't agree more. Those guys had it coming." she retorted as she sent a glare to the ring leader,
"Exactly what I'm thinking. We made a pretty good team out there Erza." Soler chimed in. She nodded again,
"We do. What do you say we go on more jobs together in the future?" she asked. Soler was taken back slightly at her request. He thought they fought well but to be asked to go out on more jobs with Erza wasn't something he expected. But though he didn't expect it, he couldn't help the excitement it brought,
"Heck yeah. That sounds good to me." He practically cheered. Erza giggled at his excitement and the air was sweet around the two as they had their moment. Sadly the moment was broken with Gray and Gildarts coming over to the two,
"Man Soler I didn't know you knew how to fight like that." Gray commented, impressed.. Soler chuckled not use to getting a lot of praise,
"Thanks, Gray."
"Yeah it was pretty cool the way you were running around so fast and then you had your stopping thing. That was pretty cool." the ice mage added only added to Soler's slight embarrassment,
"Hehe well, it's nothing big. You did some good ice maker attacks out there too." Gray smirked,] with confidence,
"You know it." the three young ones chatted among themselves while Gildarts watched with a smile,
''So Master was right about invoking his emotions. His will in wanting to protect Erza must have brought out some more of his powers. I wonder what else this lad will do in the future.'' As Gildarts was lamenting the sound of heavy footsteps was heard behind him. Through the hole in the wall marched in a group of men wearing what resembled priest outfits with a few additions of armor here and there for protection. Gildarts knew those uniforms from anywhere but the real question is what were Rune Knights doing out here. The sound of footsteps caught the kids' attention also as their own conversations stopped. The group of men walked into the building and split apart some went to go check on the down thugs while a few went up to Gildarts,
"You must be the group of wizards those construction workers told us about." the lead run knight spoke,
"Yes, we are. What are Rune Knights doing here? We have this job just about wrapped up?" Gildarts asked.
"A group of our scouts was surveying the area when we came upon a town not listed on our maps. Once they entered the city the group of construction workers that were there told them that a group of wizards they hired went out to stop some group of bandits that had been terrorizing the town. So they sent in the call and we gathered here as soon as we could. It seems we got here late." he admitted taking a look over at the thugs.
"Yeah took care of them just a few minutes ago. I'm guessing that you guys will take of the rest?" Gildarts asked. The knight nodded,
"Yes, we'll handle the arrest of these guys. I see from the mark you all are with the Fairy Tail guild so any bounty we find on them will be sent to your guild master." With a bow, the man went off to help the rest of the knights with the large group of thugs. The Fairies, feeling that their time was done here went back off to the town to check on the town folk. When they made it back they were surprised to see that a small group of knights were there and was talking with a group of the citizens. When they entered the town the group of people instantly noticed them and they all went running over to them showering them with praise for all they had done for them. The group took their praise with warm hearts especially Soler. Soon also coming up to the group was Roger and his construction team. When they showed up Erza moved Soler to the front much to his confusion. Roger walked up to Soler with what looked like an envelope,
"You actually did it kid. You kept those bastards away and we were able to get the hospital complete. Not only that but with you guys helping the town these Rune Knights came by and now there's talk of this town place getting some support from the Magic Council. So all in all you earned this reward kid." Roger handed Soler the envelope to which Soler proceeded to open. He looked in to see a lot of money on the inside. He figured it was a lot but he still didn't know the currency and its worth. Gladly Erza took care of that for him for when she looked at the amount her eyes widen in surprise,
"Woah Soler, that's 60,000 jewels!" she exclaimed causing Gray to take a look too.
"Is 60,000 jewels a lot?" Soler asked, confused.
"Yeah, that's a lot. Especially for a first job." Gray sighed,
"Grays right. Good job Soler." Gildarts said. Soler's chest was warm with what he guessed was the feeling of pride in himself. But he snapped out of his own feeling remembering the town,
"Hey Roger what's going to happen to this place? Are you and your crew going to help repair the rest of the town?" he asked. Roger sighed,
"Well, I want to say yes since we've kinda grown a liking to this place but I don't really know. We really only had enough supplies to make the hospital and getting that done has drained us. So I don't know kid." Roger admitted. Soler hated to hear that. He wanted them to help repair the rest of the town but he knew that without supplies they couldn't do much. He then thought back on the money he just got.
'The others said it was a lot. So maybe…' Soler presented the envelope full of jewels back to Roger much to his surprise.
"Kid what are you-"
"You said you were running low on supplies. So here take this to help." Soler said with earnest.
"Kid as nice of gesture I can't-"
"You gave me this money for a job well done, right? Well, I'm giving you this money so you guys can do one also by helping the town." Soler responded with a smile. Roger was still for a few moments not knowing the exact moved to make. He wanted to refuse the kid but the confidence that radiated off him was the complete opposite from when he first met him. He chuckled and took the jewels back from Soler with a smile on his face,
"Thank you." he said. Soler smiled at that,
"No problem."
"But since you didn't take the jewels is there something else we could do?" Roger asked.
"Hmm well, you could just owe me a favor. I'm sure I might need something built further down the road." Soler answered. Roger gave a hardy laugh,
"Alright, then I can work with a favor. Whenever you need our services we'll be there to help free of charge."
"Thanks, Roger!"
"It's my pleasure k-I mean Soler." with that the two shook hands and the Fairies went to go get their belongings to leave. Once packed they all said their final goodbyes and went to the station. Luckily their wait wasn't long as the next train back to Magnolia came in the next few minutes. As the team rode back home Erza couldn't help but notice the small smile that hadn't left Soler's face since the fighting ended.
"What's got you so happy if I may ask." she questioned him. Soler was taken out of his thoughts and looked to her,
"Oh, you noticed. Well, I'm just happy at myself I guess. I've never fought back before and I've never fought to protect something I care about. I don't know I'm just feeling good about everything right now. I was able to help Roger and his team, the town finally is getting noticed and I was able to protect what's precious to me. So yeah I guess I'm just feeling good right now." he answered. The radiance Soler was giving off was infectious as Erza couldn't help but smile too.
"Well, I'm glad for you. You deserve it." his smile never lessened at her words. But then a thought came to his mind which made him lose his smile instantly. Of course, Erza picked upon this,
"What's wrong?"
"Well, I just remembered I still never learned the name of the creep that lived up in that villa." He grimaced. Erza's memory jogged back in at that,
"Oh yeah, those goons had said that the one who hired them was named Heartfilia. It sounds more like a last name than a first name to me." She pondered.
"Heartfilia. I'll have to add that name to memory. I hope I never run into a Heartfilia. I don't think I could handle meeting people that mean." he said. Erza nodded,
"Dito."
Ok end. Finally gosh. I had been trying to end this chapter for like a whole day. Well Its done guys I hope you enjoyed. In the next chapter, the first time skip will happen so the story can progress more. I warn ya lots gonna happen from that chapter on is when I'll be mostly going off the anime plus with a bit of the manga mixed in here and there. Anyway, a review is always appreciated so this has been Solerwolf...later!
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