"Gale, I have not seen you in some 200 years. Why do you come here with the mortal, Molly?"
"How do you know Molly?"
"She saved your precious town. Why it matters to you makes me curious. You have lived through dozens of towns. Why does this one matter so much to you?"
"Why does it matter to you what I think?"
Of course, this was taking place within their minds. Molly merely watched as it seemed to her that they stood there, staring at each other in silence. "I know I agreed with you to speak telepathically for the sake of privacy back then, but Molly is watching and this…seems rude."
"Rude? I am a God, and you are a powerful magic being; why should we care about human societal conventions?" He feels like he's had this conversation before, only with Vivi. "I know how you feel about humans, but this isn't just about the town. Ceria is hurt, Ignis." The King's eyebrows raised. "This concerns Molly as much as it concerns us, so can she please speak to you? I think I know what attacked her."
He turned to Molly, and inquired, "Do you have something to say?"
"Kind of, but I don't think there was enough silence", she joked.
Wizard and the King looked to each other and he admitted to him telepathically, "Is this mortal making a…joke, Gale? I do not like it." "It's a quirk; I rather like it."
Once again, he turned to her and asked "What do you need?"
"The Harvest Goddess has been hurt," said Molly. "We think it was the same black cloud that attacked us earlier—"
"Black cloud?!" With telepathy, he told Gale, "You did not tell me that it was the Plague!"
"Mortals shouldn't even know of the Plague, Ignis. I wasn't about to tell her what it was; I wasn't sure if she should know about the history."
"The fact that it attacked her is both a curiosity, and something that makes her worthy of knowing! I will take us to the Goddess."
In a blaze of godly fire, the king teleported the three of them to the Goddess Spring. She was in the same state she was in before. "Why do you never give detail in these situations?", he said aloud. The King walked to her while both of them stood back. Understandably, Molly was confused. "The King, the Goddess, and I have the ability to… communicate telepathically. We have a mutual respect for one another…it's a long story." Wizard walked forward to help him, and Molly joined. The King worked with his fire, waving it over her body, and Wizard used his blue fire to help. "I do not know…this does not look like she will have a good outcome."
"The island needs both of you to keep living, Harvest King. We need to try."
Molly took the Goddess' shoulder, wishing she could do something. But as she closed her eyes, she noticed something. Wizard and the Harvest King stood up, watching as her blue glow started to return slowly. "Goddess?" she asked feebly. The Harvest Sprites lost their stone form, returning to their regular form, making little screams and stopping in an instant, looking around and watching as the Goddess arose. Molly helped her upward, and the Goddess looked down to her and told her with true sincerity, "Thank you." She turned towards them and asked the two of them aloud, "Was this the doing of all three of you?"
The king tried to correct her "Do you mean the two of us?"
"No, the three. I felt three presences within me. But this is not the time. There's a more important task at hand."
She moved to telepathy and told both of them…
"The Plague is back, and it is far worse than before."