Oi, this is the shortest chapter yet. cry I'm just trying to move it along and get the seals over with. I have a plan for the chosen and crap, but aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh.

The next day the Chosen and I flew out to Thoda Geyser. It was a silent trip across the water except for the quiet sound of the waves beneath us. The rest of the night had been spent with the Chosen in my arms, too terrified to sleep. Joy . I shook my head at the memory, It was yet another human thing I despised. I mentally added it to my list of imperfections.

#49075 Fear

I could still feel the Chosen's tension as we flew, her wanting to speak, her questions struggling to not go unanswered. There was electricity in the air. I could smell it on her, hear it too. Her heart beating fast, a constant noise pounding in my head in my head.

# 49076 Noise

Or was it my heart doing that? My questions aching to no longer be restrained, no longer be denied of answers. No longer wanting to…No, I'm doing it again! I had to stop thinking. Thinking was a horrible thing. You begin to doubt yourself, cross examine things. Your reactions and reflexes slow, and you miss chances and perfect timings. Things like that cost people their lives. I'd seen it happen. People stop to think, and that's the last thing they do. Think. They're just so stupid. Predators waste no time thinking, they just act. Hide in the shadows, drinking in the imperfections until the attack. That's what predators do to survive. That's what I do as a killer. A seraphim of Cruxis…an angel of death…

I clenched my teeth as if it would stop my mind from talking so much, or at least make it focus on something else.

Yuan… Last night Yuan had come right before the renegades. He'd said nothing worth remembering. Nothing that was important enough for him to drag himself over to tell me.

"Don't do anything stupid"

Of course that could be a range of things. Almost anything and everything anyone does is stupid, or at least it is from some one's point of view. For my part, letting down my guard was stupid. Paying too close attention to a bush was very stupid, but trying to save the chosen? The Renegade had made it sound like a mistake. Maybe for him it wasn't really great at all, but for my part it was. Surely he could see that. He was the enemy. His downfall meant my ascent. Non of it made sense.

We landed quietly on the dock and made our way to the oracle stone. There weren't any people around due to construction to make the geyser into a hot spring of some sort. Rather pointless, but whatever the people wanted I suppose. Wasn't that important anyway, the less people the better. We entered the dungeon and did a few annoying trips back and forth until we made it to the summon spirits alter. I helped more than I should have in the battle, but the Chosen was struggling. She didn't really get much sleep last night. Plus it'd taken too long, I couldn't wait to see Yuan again.

After the battle Yuan arrived and granted the Chosen with her next 'trial'. I couldn't help but notice that he was rushing slightly. As if he had somewhere else he needed to be. He seemed tired, too. I wondered what happened to him last night, and tried to meet his gaze, but when I did I wish I hadn't. Just before Yuan left he glanced over at me fore a moment. Giving me a cold stare that sent ice needles down my spine, as if I'd done something wrong. It confused me (which is an accomplishment because few things ever do) to see Yuan act like this. Was he just holding up his role? Maybe I had done something stupid last night, and just hadn't realized it.

The sound of the Chosen falling next to me distracted me from my thoughts again. I caught her and stared where Yuan had been moments before, trying to recall when he had left. I'd done something to displease him…but what?

I stood up strait, not bothering to summon my wings, and walked out of the cave. It was going to be a really long night.

cries again see? Told you. I need to sit down and MAKE this interesting...I'm just so brain deeeaaad. Well, thanks for reading