Staying under Banora with Genesis, Angeal, and Min was great for Jenna. All three of them spoke their minds, never hiding their thoughts from her. She was very content.
"So this was your home town?" Jenna whispered as she looked over the chasm that was their hiding place, or hid the caves that were their home. Angeal sighed and nodded as he plucked one of the 'Dumb Apples' as he'd called them from a tree.
"It was. I'm part of the reason this happened. Genesis and I." He tossed the apple to Jenna, who caught it with a confused look on her face.
"Huh?"
"When we deserted...we came back here for answers. We...didn't like what we found out. My last memories of it as a village...aren't pleasant." Angeal replied. Again, Jenna looked at him quizzically. Angeal groaned lightly and shook his head.
"You're not letting me off the hook till I tell you the story, are you?"
"No."
"...I came to aid Genesis. We split up for a little while...I went to check on my mother...she'd taken her own life. Then the boy who I'd trained in SOLDIER walked in...jumped to a conclusion."
"Ah." Jenna glanced at the apple in her hand for a moment before walking over to him. "You're not a killer. Or a monster." She added the last, reading his thought. Angeal sighed quietly as he looked over the chasm once more.
"Then what am I, the person responsible for a village's destruction?"
"You're-" Jenna froze suddenly, turning away from him.
"So they invade the building and forget to call. Perhaps they forgot who the last person on this world who possibly can and will help them is. Children, I saw. The both of them. Genesis, Angeal, you better have an explanation..."
"Jenna!"
Jenna slowly got her focus back, staring into Angeal's panicked blue eyes. She had no doubt her own reptilian purple eyes shone with fear.
"Hollander. He's coming. He can't know Min and I are here!" She cried out. Angeal blinked for a moment, turning to the open plain beyond.
"He is...." He turned to Jenna for a moment and grabbed her arm.
"Hold on!"
"What?"
"I said hold on!" Angeal shouted before a white feathered wing appeared from his shoulder and he took flight, holding her by the arm.
Jenna screamed and grabbed onto his central torso as she shut her eyes. And now she thinks I'm a monster. Just great. Angeal's thought came in clearly and Jenna opened her eyes to look at him.
"No I don't! I just don't like heights!" She shouted and Angeal blinked before nodding.
"Right then..." He murmered before hoisting her up more carefully until he was holding her bridal style.
"It's more secure." He added. Jenna fell quiet, not letting go anyway, as she flushed.
"R-right..."
They landed near an old warehouse before Angeal placed Jenna on her feet. By then she was a bit wobbly, stumbling a bit and looked up at him.
"...don't let anything happen to Min. Okay?" She whispered. Angeal nodded to her, taking his sword off his back and placing his brow to the flat of the blade.
"You have my honor."