-Break-

  “Due to your injuries, you fell into a deep sleep which we couldn’t wake you from, this caused a lot of worries to spread among us, but eventually your body started to heal. I guess dragons are capable of healing if they sleep for long enough, so we just left you to rest up and you’ve slept for 6 months. Though Orb’s case is a bit different.”

  As we walk, I start to hear a familiar voice scream, so I say, “Orb!” Then moments ter I dash down.

  “Cyrus, wait!”

  Running down the hallway with Ghehe following close behind, I look fanatically for the source of the screaming I heard. Where are you, please be ok.

  Finding the source of the screaming, I see a door in the distand run towards it. With my hand, I open the door and say, “Orb.”

  In front of me, I see Avram, Iand Suzuka beside Orb on the bed, as he screams profusely.

  Seeing me, Suzuka says, “Cyrus you’re awake.” Then she runs up to me and gives me a hug. “I was so worried about you guys!”

  Taking a sed to give her a hug, I ruo Orb and say, “What’s wrong, what happened!?”

  Suddenly, I am hit on the head. Turning around, I see Elia is the one who hit me, “Calm down you eye-patched gecko, your loud voice is bad for the patient.”

  “I ’t just cal-,” In the middle of my sentence I spit blood out of my mouth.

  As I fall to my knees, Elia says, “You might be awake but you sure aren’t at full health, so calm down because the way you are now isn’t helpiher your, or Orb’s situation.”

  Taking me by the shoulder, Avram says, “Let’s give them some space, I will expiuation to you in your room.” Looking to the door Avram says, “I will also need your help for that.”

  Standing in front of the door the woman called Scheherazade says, “Right.”

  “What is she doing h-h-h-here!”

  “Be kind Cyrus, the only reason that the two of you haven’t been killed is thanks to her, so I would suggest you listen.”

  “But-.”

  “As you are right now, you’re uo seek revenge against your foes or help your friends. Now if you want to even have the ability to do either I would suggest calming down and listening. Is that, ok?”

  Nodding my head in pliance we walk out of the room, and as we do I turn around and see Orb’s fa pure agony as I leave. But ohing that catches my eye as I do is that the silver in Orb’s e hair is much more noticeable than before.

  -Break-

  Laying in my bed, Avram says, “Well where should I begin? I guess sometime after y fight Mime woke up and we were able to see what had happeo all of you through her and Anto’s shared senses. Seeing what had transpired we headed over to Jedidiah, and when we arrived, we started to nurse all of you back to health.

  Despite how long you were asleep you still seemed to be healing up rather well, with the exception of your eye and horn you have made a near-full recovery. You thank the Tepekh fruits, they had one in Ahmed’s room lying around. But Orb’s recovery wasn’t so liner.”

  Avram looks at Scheherazade who says, “Sailsai judgement inflicts all the pain those s have ever inflicted in the history of their use onto oarget, but the pain those s inflict doesn’t ever fade.”

  “What do you mean it doesn’t ever fade!!!”

  With a pained voice, she says, “The pai go away, it ’t be deactivated or removed like the normal s Ahmed creates. Ohey get stu, they are on forever.”

  Avram says, “The pain Orb feels is so intehat he has been screaming a weighting in pain every single day from dawn to dusk, uo do anything but yell in pain. We haven’t been able to even feed him.”

  “But wouldn’t he die!!!?”

  “That’s the thing, Orb muscle and ans degee due to ck of nutrients then they regee a full strength just a little bit ter. It seems Orb’s healing is keeping him alive, but his regeion has beeing worse and worse over time. It seems even his healing has a physical limit.

  Bathing his body in spirit energy seems to help a bit, so Suzuka has been by his side, though he shes out at times, so Iancu has to increase gravity around him to keep him still. At this point, we really don’t know what to do.”

  Scheherazade says with a flicted expression, “Normally Ahmed would never use the judgement s unless he pns to kill his oppo soon after, but an exception was made and thus this situation s.”

  “DO YOU THINK THAT’S GOOD ENOUGH? Not only did he kill my sister but then he left Orb to live in torturous pain for 6 MONTHS! WHERE THE HELL IS HE, BECAUSE WHEN I SEE HIM, I WILL KILL HIM IMMEDIATELY!!!!”

  Avram in front of me says, “Well that won’t be happening anything soon because he is not in Jedidiah.”

  “What!?”

  Scheherazade says, “We feared you would kill him once you awoke, so we forced him against his will to leave Jedidiah to protect his life.”

  “SO, HE JUST RUNS LIKE A COWARD.”

  “CYRUS!” Avram shouts. “After you guys fought, you all felt unscious and were surrounded by the soldiers of Jedidiah, you guys lost, and your life was in the hands of your enemies.

  Yet you all still breathe and that is only because of Ahmed, who even choose to flee his try so you guys could recover. I know you're angry, but taking that anger out on Scheherazade won’t fix anything, your sister was her friend too.”

  Looking at Scheherazade, I see she is on the verge of tears, so I calm down. Curly up into a ball I say, “I-I-I-I-I-If I ’t be a-a-a-a-angry at Ahmed, I don’t know h-o-o-o-o-o-ow I handle all of my fail-l-l-l-l-lures.”

  “Well, the only thing you do now is rest up, since for the foreseeable future all of us are powerless and just have to watch the event before us py out.” Getting up Avram says, “Get some rest Cyrus, the day is almost over.”

  -Break-

  Lying in my bed, I see my sister's face fsh in my mind time and time again. So I get up and walk out of my room.

  As I tio walk her face tio fsh bad forth in my head. Her smile, her ugh, her sad face, her angry face, the face she made wheucked me in at night, the face she made when she said she hates me, the face she made when she died.

  My sister was an amazing person who had always been there for me granting me happiness, even when I was alone her wave me strength. All she wanted was to be happy, yet because of my selfishness, I took that away from her.

  Walking over te open baly in the pace, I just stand there and look out into the city. This truly is a beautiful pce that my sister could have ehe rest of her life i I took that away from her.

  Suddenly the words Orb asked me at Basileia e bae. Dejected I look down at the city and say, “Ahhh, why am I even alive anymore.”

  “Ahh, isn’t that why people suck!”

  Hearing a familiar voice, I turn around to see a woman with one arm, who says while dang around, “You pin about death yet are too scared to truly die, utter foolishness don’t you agree? Simply just get over your fickle emotions, all they do is bind you, but despite being blessed with intelligence we still fail at such a thing.

  Truly we are no different than animals. NO! Animals are far better than us, they are fierce, loyal, and a instinct which trary to popur belief is much better than the misguided intelligence of us humans. Then when all is done and over you devour them to restore your life, truly they are the master race. Wolves, horses, deer’s wonderful every single one of them!!!!”

  The woman’s eyes are bck holes filled with nothingness, though one of her eyes seems to have a bit of blue in it. Her hair is jet bck like the night sky, yet there is a scarlet colour streaking up her hair.

  Her body is full of life, yet her face is devoid of it almost as if two people dwell in that one body. She looks different, but it has to be who I think it is. Standing up I walk towards her, and pull out my arm saying, “Atanta?”

  But she falls down, and a sick expression appears on her face. Shocked I say, “Atanta are yo-o-o-o-o-o-ou ok!?”

  “I am fi is just that such close proximity to another human is making me feel ill, so could you stand over there.”

  After moving back, a bit, she gets up and says, “Thought I was going to vomit, it’s been a long time since I saw my ihough.”

  Looking at the somewhat disturbing woman in front of me, I ask, “A-A-A-A-A-Are you reall-l-l-l-l-ly Atanta.”

  “Who else would I be.”

  Running up to her, I grab her by the shoulders and say, “Bu-t-t-t-t-t-t-t you look different, what h-h-h-h-happened, ar-r-r-r-r-r-r-re you sick?”

  As she starts to look nauseous, I hear her say, “Too much tact.”

  I back away and say, “Sorry. But what ha-a-a-a-appened?”

  Dang she says, “Question for you Cyrus. How long did Orb spend in Fimbulwinter.”

  “I believe 14 ye-e-e-e-ears.”

  “Now have you ever wondered despite Orb’s minimal unication with people for so long, that he is so well adjusted to the outside world?”

  “He sa-a-a-a-aid he read lots of books on it.”

  “Reading and experieng things are pletely different, the fact that Orb so effortlessly ie himself with society is strange is it not.?The same goes for you a sve for over a decade and Suzuka a shut-in for years, are all capable of unication and uand that shouldn’t be possible.

  And it is not only that, but even in high-stress situations that would cripple normal people you all fun rather well. Let’s take bat as an example; you had military training ba your home try, and Suzuka had been fighting spirits for years, but what about Orb he merely trained for a year in Aplos and essentially had to learn how to fight as he goes. But look at the results he do, he even made up a bo attack with me on the fly against Ahmed.

  Now Cyrus do you really think all of that is natural?”

  “Wha-a-a-at are you getting at?”

  “Many think legacies are a god-given power, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. All of acies are simply just a means of reination.”

  “What!”

  “First it is your little ticks, then it is the personality, and then your body. Little by little the attitudes of yacy rein over your body, until not a single aspect of you remains.”

  Looking at my hand, I say, “Even me.”

  “Of course, it doesn’t affect everyone equally, things like the progression of your spirit arts, your mental acceptance of yacy, and their will tn over you all py a part. But the worst thing you do is activate advent which speeds up the process by a lot.

  But now let me pose another question to you. Imagine if there was a young boy uo use spirit arts who saw their legacy as a friend, I doubt that such a person would be able to retain their base personality for long.”

  One person's fastantly fshes into my mind, “Orb!”