Robin saw one of two options. The first one was to send fliers over the wall to infiltrate the ranks. The second was to do exactly what Walhart's forces wanted. One was totally up to chance, where the other was only half up to chance. Predictably, he prefered the one where he had some amount of control. The heavy guard at the bottleneck still made him hesitate, but he knew that this was the best way.

"Chrom, I have a plan, but it's a bit crazy."

"I like it already."

A few minutes later, and Walhart's forces found themselves being charged at by seemingly insane Ylisseans. It had the intended effect. Robin saw the fierce Generals shaking in their metal boots at their display of intense savagery. It gave him the perfect opportunity to send a fierce bolt of lightning at one of them, and a Falchion struck down the other. As they crossed the threshold into the small fishing village, Robin felt a quip coming on. As he got close to the downed guards, he let it out.

"It's good to have fear; just don't let it consume you." That made him feel good, even if nobody else heard it. He caught back up with the invading force; and the good feeling was gone. The opposition was more massive than he had anticipated, and they had a girl hostage. Or was she? Every attempt that the enemy made to grab her, she dodged. Every stab missed, every slash parried. She couldn't do anything in return, even though she had two swords; the armour was just too heavy.

"Lucina, take Link and-"

"If it's all the same to you, Robin, I can do this by myself."

"No, you can't. You may have excellent sword skills, but you have nowhere near the defence needed to help that woman."

"Then may I take someone who can fight back?"

"Fine. Find Kellam and take him with you."

"Robin? I'm right here."

"GAH! Jeez, you scared the daylights out of me! Okay, you and Lucina go help that woman."

"Can do." With that, the heavily plated knight and skilled Lord set off across the battlefield, towards the direction that the woman being pursued ran. Odd. Lucina recoiled when asked to fight alongside Link. I'll have to ask later. With that thought, Robin charged into the fray.

To the absolute joy of the entirety of the Shepherds, they found out that the woman was named Say'ri, and she was the leader of the resistance. She was grateful to them for clearing the small village of Walhart's forces, and agreed to join their party. They were also invited to stay in the harbour for as need be, but the Shepherds decided to only stay one night. They would leave a small force behind to ensure that Walhart didn't come back, but they would move on the next day. That suited Robin just fine; he had a few things to take care of.

"Hi Dad!" First stop.

"Hi Morgan. How is this place suiting you?"

"Great! I managed to get a free room, I found an amazing book and my memory is starting to come back! …Maybe."

"We all got free rooms…" he muttered just under his breath.

"What?"

"Nothing! Nothing! Hey, if you're memories are returning, what can you remember?"

"Well… if I concentrate real hard, I can make out an image of you and… someone else. I'm not sure who it is, but they have Mother's hair colour. I'm also feeling a much bigger sense of attachment to Mother; more than I am with the other Shepherds!" She was beaming, as usual.

"That's fantastic, sweetie. Man, that's still weird to say."

"Good weird?"

"Good weird." He gave her a hug. "Okay, Morgan, gotta run. There are still a few things I need to do today. If I get them done fast enough, do you want some more tactical training tonight?" She nodded her head vigorously.

"Can we invite Mom?"

"You can try, but she finds that kind of thing very dull."

"Well then, I'm going to show her otherwise!" And with that, Morgan ran off towards the room Robin and Lissa were staying in.

"And there she goes again." He sighed. "Okay, next thing on the list."

He found Say'ri going over maps of Valm in the strategy tent with Flavia and Basilio. He was loathe to interrupt, but this was of utmost importance.

"Say'ri?" She turned to face him.

"Ah, the master tactician; Robin, correct?"

"Yes. I have something I need to discuss with you."

"Then share it. I do not have as much time as you may think."

"This must be discussed in private." He looked over at the two Khans.

"Well, she-witch, it seems as if the boy's asking us to leave."

"Nothing escapes you, does it oaf?" They left the tent, their banter echoing through the streets. Robin turned back to Say'ri.

"So, what is it you needed?"

"Have you seen anything… strange recently?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean something akin to an orange-haired man wearing cape? Possibly six feet tall in stature?" She pondered a minute before replying.

"Nay, I have not seen a man such as you describe. Though, I have seen some very strange plants in the forest. Why? What do you know of this?"

"I may know the cause, though I can't say for certain. For now, could you keep this between us?"

"Of course, tactician."

"Thank you, Say'ri. I'm very glad you decided to join us." Say'ri gave Robin a small bow as he left the tent. His head began to swell once more, but he had managed to quell the headaches by now. "Just one more thing to do. Then I can actually ENJOY my time here."

He found her practicing just beyond the town's borders. Curious, seeing as how she wanted to be a part of the army. She appeared to be in a bad mood, so Robin decided to approach cautiously; a wise decision.

"Lucina?"

"Huh?!" Robin found a sword being pointed at him; thankfully from far enough away that it didn't actually touch his skin. "Oh… Uncle. What do you need?"

"Actually, I'm here to ask what YOU need, if you'll just lower the sword."

"What do you mean?" She slowly sheathed Falchion.

"You've been acting very strange lately; especially around Link. Is there anything wrong?"

"No."

"You're a terrible liar, you know. I'm amazed you managed to disguise your gender for so long."

"Who says I'm lying?"

"You. Just last week, you were praising his sword skills after sparring him; you said he was the most amazing warrior you have ever seen; now you're denying his help in battle and just avoiding him in general. What changed?"

"Everything!" The volume of her response startled Robin. Lucina wasn't normally one to blow up. "He brought another evil! He has given me one more thing to defend against! It's one more secret that I must keep! It is one more burden on my shoulders! It is one more thing that may kill my parents! It is another way to end the world that I do not have control over! It's… it's…"

"Lucina, it isn't his fault."

"And how do you know that?! How do you know that he didn't bring it here?!"

"Because I trust him. Because he has done nothing but help us. Because he is one of us. Because he has loved ones that he left behind in order to help us."

"He… did?"

"Yes. I have had several fairly one-sided talks with him about it. He has friends and a loved one back where he came from."

"..."

"You're not the only one with the burden, you know. I have severe headaches from all that's happening, and I can't share it with anyone other than you and Link. I'm hiding it from Chrom, my best friend, and it's killing me. I'm even hiding it from my wife and daughter! And I'm sure Link is burdened by many things as well, though I'm unsure as to what they might be. The weight of this isn't only on you, Lucina." She was looking down at the ground. For a long time, silence pervaded the area. It was broken when Lucina shuffled her feet and looked up at Robin.

"I had not considered… I apologize, Robin. I shall attempt to set my biases aside and work with him."

"That's all I ask." He smiled, and turned to walk away, before thinking of something else. "Oh, one more thing."

"Yes?"

"You can talk to me about anything, anytime. You don't have to bottle up these emotions. I need you in your best shape; and you are my niece. I care about you." A small smile crept across Lucina's face, and Robin left. I hope that's settled. I don't want to have to keep them away from each other. He clapped his hands together, and looked around. "Right. I wonder if Morgan's convinced Lissa to join us." He took off in the direction of their temporary bed, a good feeling in his heart and doubt in his mind.

A/N: Finally got over writer's block! I managed to think of what needed to be said, and went with that. I hope it turned out well. I've been trying to practice dialogue, since I know I'm not the best at it, so you may see a lot more heartfelt moments in the future as opposed to battle scenes; but don't worry, there's still plenty of fighting to come. So, please review or PM me with any suggestions, pairings (because I've only had one suggestion on that), concerns or comments. You won't believe what's in store!