III: EARTH

They said Earth was a blue star. Four years ago he would not know; Namek's three suns never allowed darkness fall.

Great Elder Guru taught him, mind to mind, that friend meant loving reciprocity in times of need: a member of the Dragon Clan was bound by his alliances.

The staff was heavy, a burden akin to responsibility. Just a child, yet Dende did not think it twice when the home planet of his friends, Krillin and Gohan, required a new Kami-Sama.

His gratitude does not forget that it was on Earth, along with Gohan, where he met the stars.