Arion+Twenty+Eight

Decem Eighth, Later that Evening

Well, it has been something of an interesting day. Turns out that Keraph will be fine… assuming that he doesn’t get his ass into some new trouble in the very near future. The vial that Kirin had helped him get contained a cleansing potion… a very potent one. There is still enough for him to bring back to his wife though. Yah… imagine that… Keraph has a wife. And to top things off, his wife is Drayton and Reid’s half sister. Small realm. Also, I ended up telling Kaiden our story in its entirety… I think it was the first time I have told it all to anyone. But, what can I do? Drayton obviously trusts him, and he’s given me absolutely no reason not to do the same… and he was in a position to help us get Eli to safety. Though, when I told him the tale, I didn’t expect him to go take care of the situation personally! Before he left, Kaiden told us that Keraph would be able to help us find the next Gift… apparently the assassin has been looking for them too. Of course, Keraph wanted to know why it was that Kaiden felt it necessary to traipse across the realm to come to the aid of a 6 year old child (not that I can blame him for his curiosity). So, for the second time I relayed the story. This time, Kirin lent his assistance. It was definitely a more colorful version than the story Kaiden got… the kid can spin a tale. Keraph agreed to help us out, thank the gods. I do have to say though, that making a deal with a demon is a lot less frightening than it is made out to be… really, he just wants cash and revenge… is that so bad? I didn’t think so. We all went down to the docks… apparently our next stop is Kyar. We met up with Lia again. (She had left me a note stating that she was going to go after Eli very early this morning… in fact, just before I went to find Kaiden and Keraph. I read it right away when I found it, but I didn’t really give it much thought at first… I guess I was in too big of a hurry to get to Keraph.) I told Lia that I had someone on the way to help Eli out already, so she agreed to join us in the search for Dunin instead. I apologized to her too. I don’t think it was exactly necessary, but it isn’t in my nature to be on bad terms with anyone. I told her that I was sorry for falsely accusing her of being in league with Dunin. (I never actually accused her to her face, but hey… I thought it often enough.) She agreed that we have gotten off to a shaky start and was willing to begin fresh with this trip… we’ll see how it goes. Considering what we’ve all been through these past few months, it’s a wonder we are all alive, let alone still traveling together. This may very well be the longest I’ve traveled with the same people (other than my mother of course). Other than feeling a bit too domesticated, it isn’t all that bad. Oh yah… I gave Jen her birthday gift today too. She definitely seemed surprised, though I can’t imagine why. I though all races celebrated their birthday with gifts. I could be wrong though. Oh well… she was pleased at least.

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