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A growing fire crackled in the dead of a full moon night. People appearing to be shadows against the red flaming glow, ran only for many to be slain by mighty claws and axes. “Mama!” a young teen girl screamed in fear, turning and her shadow self-racing to return to her fallen parent.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKelkynmqJV
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“Kiana…run!” the woman begged in a broken voice.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1rUOTAa1W
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The girl shook her head as she took a stern hold of her mother’s wrist, trying to pull her to stand. “No! I’m not leaving you here with these monsters!”454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ415hMjtvOY
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“Monsters?” a rough male voice questioned, “isn’t that just a bit harsh? I mean, since when did intelligent beasts become monsters?”454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0hfP1qOkA
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This voice made Kiana freeze and her blood to fall cold. Her eyes widened and her head turned to look behind. There standing with a large battle axe resting on his shoulder was a tall and muscular wolf beast. “Al-Alpha!” she gasped quietly under her breath in sharp fear.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTzt2YaGoP
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“Glad to know the little Shifter isn’t so dumb.” He said with a throaty chuckle before lifting and swinging the axe down at his side. He released another hardy laugh as he watched Kiana flinch in fear of being sliced in two. “What a pitiful little rat. Too bad they can’t outlive each other.”454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8rITl21JTQ
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Kiana looked at him through one cracked eye confusedly until she saw him make a motion as if to say ‘please continue’ in the air, his eyes looking past her. At the near same moment of this movement of his hand, she heard a sickening sound of flesh being sliced open behind her. She whipped around and couldn’t believe her eyes. Her mother’s body was bleeding black red blood across the soil with her back sliced open wide. Tears slipped down her cheeks as she took two steps back from the horror only to be stopped by hitting a hard, furry body.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKqmtTCYG3u
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Swiftly she ducked and ran as he moved a hand to grab her head. She stumbled as her footing slipped on the loose dirt of the forest floor but she recovered, managing to take off into the brush and into the thicker shadows. The wolf gave an agitated growl before releasing a mighty howl into the ember and star filled night sky.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDbBKbx593
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As the noise of leaves rustling began filling a young woman’s ears, her wild dream played on until she jumped, jolting awake with a start. She looked around with loose cherry oak colored strains falling into her kiwi green eyes. Around her pupils was a sea blue color which looked like a flexible frame, due to the color expanding and contracting with her irises.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHlyqNVge8
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“Master….Lyon?” she questioned quietly under her breath, turning her head to see others walking or sitting to eat at the roadside eatery. She scanned the area while listening to the soft chatter around her. Her confused expression fell into disappointment as her head dropped, allowing her eyes to look at the bowl which held one bite sized seagull roll. “If he truly left me behind…” she mumbled while picking up the roll, popping it into her mouth. He’s dead! She hissed in her thoughts as she chewed then, she swallowed while standing and made her way to the open window of the eatery.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwOvuxqLyr
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“Ah, have you come back for a second serving?” the twenty to thirty some year old man asked in a cheerful tone.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmr9saGgWv
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“Could you tell me where the old man went that had been with me?” she tried to ask sweetly, hoping he had not left her alone for whatever his reason.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNn80xUbiF
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“Umm,” he tapped his chin thinking with his eyes looking up. “Now that I think it over…I think he said he was going to ‘go on ahead’ and for you to catch up.”454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LWRjh9eqK
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Why that freaking-! Her thoughts diverted from the curse words it wished to use and her twisted face of anger quickly switched back to a pleasant one. “Thank you very much.” She then took her leave, returning the bowl to him before departing to follow after the man she had been traveling with.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeLe9nJZECS
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Down the roadway walked a middle aged man who hummed to himself, enjoying the sunlight and the song from the birds in the country setting. I wonder if she’s woken up yet from her nap. He pondered silently with a small smile tugging onto his lips.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy77jTELY7h
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“Heeeeey!” Kiana shouted to break the quiet moments of peace. “Maaaasterrrrrrrr!” the young woman called in a pleading voice. Lyon paused a brief moment to glance back over his shoulder before he looked away and continued walking at a leisurely pace. Her pale green eyes filled with frustration as she saw he wasn’t going to wait, bringing the twenty year old to release a loud and very audible groan.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8hI24atNqU
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She lifted a hand and pushed a few loose strains off her sweaty brow. “Would you slow doooown?!” she snapped breathlessly with a whining tone.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNi98IltFz
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The man named Lyon wore a soft brown traveling cloak as he didn’t look back a second time at the catching up female. He released a soft breath while rolling his soft blue eyes. “If you didn’t stay up late then oversleep so much then you’d not be left behind so much.” He commented quietly under his breath before raising his tone so she would hear, his head even leaning back a bit. “Well, perhaps you should learn not to dally so you wouldn’t need to catch up so often.” He replied calmly in a relaxed tone while his head lifted off the top of his back, returning to its right position.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZeTGx1nIx
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He came to a halt after a few more steps to wait under a large shady tree. He listened as the heavy steps slowed to a halt, soon after the quiet was filled in by her heavy panting. “Are you in need of water or a fan?” he inquired with a concerned tone as he turned to take a look at his companion. As he turned the wind caught hold of his light brown bangs and showed off a few gray strains. He reached back and tightened the ponytail resting at the base of his neck while his eyes inspected her. She was hunched over and using her bent knees for support by her hands. “Will you be alright?” Lyon asked with concern for her health.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tjSU04cgB
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Kiana took a deep breath and a hard swallow to try and wet her dry, burning throat. “I would have…” she took another breath, “been able to…” she released a huff as she wiped sweat off her brow. “If you didn’t…” she pushed to stand upright, “always insist to…” she sighed with a small wheeze inhaling, “leave so dang early!” she snapped with a loss of breath at the end which took away from the force she wanted it to have. “Oh man,” she doubled over to use her knees for support as pain was racing through her chest like sharp wire. “Water…water would be nice.” She got out while tilting her head up, setting her tired eyes on her master.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPkvHto2SD
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He released a light sigh as he moved his cloak back to get into his bag, starting to sort through until he found a canteen looking item. “I left at dawn, as I explained to you at nightfall,” he handed her the metal container which she gladly accepted, “and at dawn you followed.” He stated flatly with a small sigh as she took a couple good drinks, “it is not my fault you fell asleep after we had breakfast.” He pointed out in a fatherly tone while placing a suntanned hand on his hip. “Seriously,” she sighed while listening as she screwed the cap back on, “you never believe me when I tell you to get enough rest.” He remarked with a shrug to brush off her annoyed glare.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbuT5y7lQAl
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“You didn’t tell me you meant right at the crack of dawn!” she hissed through gritted teeth as she shoved the canteen into his chest, not taking her eyes off the fifty-five year old man. Kiana stood up straight as she took a deep breath then exhaled to attempt calming her temper. “I will kindly ask you, Master Lyon,” she began with her voice tense as she closed her eyes. “To be more precise when we will be leaving next time…” she ordered in a lower and stricter tone before opening her eyes to meet his calm orbs. “Is that clear?”454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ18uwZfqpfC
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Lyon took quick hold of the canteen and replaced it into his bag before returning his attention to the female. He blinked with a look of confusion on his face. “Since when did the apprentice become the master?” he questioned as he placed his lightly closed fists on his hips. “To the last I was aware it ‘twas you who was in need of aid learning of herself, not I.” He leaned forwards a bit, “or have you forgotten your request for me to help you learn of your own magic and the world outside of your forest home?”454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5bvdanQZ0
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Kiana huffed as she folded her arms in front of her. “I’ve not forgotten and I am surprised your memory can remember…old man.” She said somewhat snide and grumpy tone.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡidXQuCW2DO
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He shrugged his shoulders dismissingly of her comment while closing his eyes as his head turned to the side. “But,” he dramatically sighed, “I suppose you now know more than I do of the world and so are ready to…” he paused for dramatic effect staying motionless for but a couple moments. Suddenly he whipped his head around as he threw his arms opened wide. “Fly free!” he nearly shouted in a very bold tone. At the same moment his arms had opened a powerful wind shot out of nowhere, pushing Kiana back no matter how hard she dug her heels in. “Fly free my Jynn!”454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMYeJvII5sF
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She tried to change her center of gravity by leaning into the wind in order to dig her heels in better. She rose her arms during the same time she leaned into the gusting air with them crossed in front of her face, her eyes squinting as her jaw tightened before a scream escaped her lips when her footing finally was lost. “You-big-jerk!” she barked at him in-between grunts as she bounced and rolled down the steep incline, coming to rest a foot down where a ditch met a grassy field.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3D1L69ivc
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Lyon had lowered his hands, opened his sights and stepped lightly over to the edge of the road to look at the young woman innocently, giving a soft smile. “Are you alright?” he tilted his head slightly to the left. “You know, you don’t fly so well for a shape shifter.”454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0vJOf3opp
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Her right eye began to twitch just as her jaw clichéd tightly, practically grinding her teeth. How stupid does he think I am? She pointed up accusingly at him with her sharp quick words. “Cut the innocent act, old man! I know you used magic from the Ambassador’s Eyes!”454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeX4abSlnRh
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“Me?!” he gasped while placing one hand on his chest. “Do magic?!” he huffed as he folded his arms in front of his chest roughly while turning his head away quickly with a frown. “Why I never!” he stomped his foot once. Lyon opened his eyes to look down at her as she stood. “I have never been accused of doing such a thing. That is unheard of.” He defended himself as he unfolded his arms, puffed out his chest, and placed his fingertips of one hand on his chest. “On top of that I would never do such a thing to an innocent girl.” He declared while tilting his head up, eyes closed, to imply he was above her accusations, even though he had done that on purpose to annoy her.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUFkoMfttO
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Kiana released a frustrated breath while brushing off her jeans before storming up the hill. “You know, I could kill you and none would know who did it.” she reminded him sternly as she came face to face with him, catching his sights as he opened one eye to gaze at her while letting his body relax.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQImzXQbTZ8
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Lyon smiled gently to her as he opened the other. “You could,” he slowly began, “but you won’t.” He finished with a confident and kind tone that he was right. “You know as do I you have no one else to help you. Without me,” he watched as her glare softened, “you would be lost in learning about the races and your abilities.” She released a sigh as he was right and he gently patted her head as it had lowered some. “You’ll get your revenge on the Wolf Demon pack in due time.” He assured while removing his hand, stepping back twice and turned on his heel so his back faced her.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXlR4LkmVL
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“You know I want revenge more than anything…” she reached over starting to rub her right arm, “for what they did…” her voice trailed off in its saddened and muffled tone.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBTql0FiAs
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“I know and that is why I don’t fear you ending my life. Now then,” he began to walk which drew her to look up and follow a second later, staying behind him. “How about you tell me what you remember of our past lessons about what is around you?”454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsBjyFwHp2Z
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Kiana groaned while her eyes closed and head tilted back to rest against her body. “Ugh you must be kidding me.” She brought her head upright with eyes opening to look at Lyon with disbelief. “Really?” she questioned flatly.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJhqyTi9gSP
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Lyon glanced back at her with an amused glint in his eyes. “To prevent repeating the past then one must learn of the past.” He smirked, “when you learn of the errors from others then you are less likely to repeat them.”454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGS9AbXWIkM
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She moaned exasperated by this reminder to why she had to learn it, aside from her initial curiosity. “How many more times must I recite your never ending lectures?” she questioned while starting to mess with one of her fingernails.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2hVmvimgM
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“Oh not too much more,” he mused with a small chuckle, “just until I’m sure it has managed to dig through the thick head a shape shifter is known to have.”454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpTI6QfVuok
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She huffed and put her hands down. “I hate you right now.”454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7EGakFSwC
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Lyon smirked glancing amused at her with a raise of his hand. “I know,” he took her words lightly. “Please precede my apprentice.” He encouraged with a gentle wave of his hand before returning his hand to his side and taking his colored orbs off the young woman.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMGVwAw7kW
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Kiana took a breath and released it while she spoke under the air. “Be glad I’m in a generous mood.”454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Uo3MPZTxu
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“The lesson, my dear lady,” Lyon sang playfully to indicate he had just heard her which brought one eye to twitch.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUFatsW3llY
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How the?! I mean-ugh! She released a heated breath this time with a small growl before coughing to clear her throat into her closed fist. “To start this dull repeated course, the name of our land is Fyalda Sky. The land was founded and named to give honor to two immortal beings known only as The Ambassadors.” She held a flat tone explaining and began to pick at one fingernail.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmzjfSn343e
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“The Ambassador’s populated our land with humans, shape shifters, and a selection of demons such as wolves, bears, fox’s, and reptiles.” She blew on her nail to remove the small flakes from her picking. “The name Fyalda is pronounced as fee-all-duh. The name belonged to the woman Ambassador.” Kiana took a breath as she cracked her knuckles of one hand. “The male Ambassador was called Sky. Both of them wanted peace and harmony so made the different races to demonstrate it could be done.”454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWBVnCtdVU
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She began to crack the knuckles of her other hand. “They wanted the races to live mixed but the races all stayed with their own kind.” Looking up at the sky she stretched her right arm out, pulling it to the left with her left arm. “Each race claimed a section of land or space to be their territory. It was deemed forbidden for any race to mingle with the others,” she released a breath as she released her arm, “and the punishment for such a crime was placed at the level of death or a more mild punishment was set at twenty-five years in prison.”454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdPzEShx5c
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Kiana paused as she began to stretch her left arm across her chest. “Most villages to cities are just one race. There are a few villages to cities where the races are intermixed. Those that are,” she released her left arm to let it swing outwards towards her back, “intermixed do not carry the harsh law when one race finds comfort with another. Leaders of clans or groups enforce the laws on those living in their bounds as well as onto visitors.”454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKd8swzmaBU
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She lifted her arms to stretch, cracking her shoulders in the process. “There were not many scuffles and when there were they normally were resolved by The Ambassadors. This was due to,” unlaces her fingers to allow her arms to fall down, “their strong desire for the mix of races to remain peaceful.” She laced her fingers together behind her back and tilted her head back to gaze at the beautiful blue sky. “Years passed and we learned The Ambassadors were not as immortal as we thought. They passed onto the afterlife and in their honor the churches had top sculptors carve out of white marble statues to pay respect to them.”454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr08sCMlTSi
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Her eyes closed slightly as she began to feel lost in thought. Her mind was brought back when she heard Lyon clear his throat. “The statues were carved to have their eyes closed to show beings of any race that praying to them would allow fairness in the hearing their prayers.” She blinked as a cloud resembling a bunny was disrupted by a passing breeze which brought her a moment’s silence. “They were also carved so they were holding hands. Their arms were arched so it would look like the shape of an eye was between them.”454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbSY46xxBe
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She tore her sights off the sky by turning her head to one side, watching the landscape used as farmland. “This was done to show any, who came to pray, that no matter where they were they would be protected by The Ambassadors.” She took a deep breath and released a heavy sigh. Too bad they seem to be picky when they will protect. She thought with some spite.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwaTsac14eq
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He nodded his head in approval of what she had recited so far but when the silence lingered, he slowed his pace and stepped to the side so to be walking by her. “Now, can you tell me about the magic in our land?” he gently pushed in order to take her mind off her hate which reflected in her eyes.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5CtciYSUb
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“Huh?” she turned her attention to him as she was brought out of her thoughts. “Oh, right, how magic works.” She cleared her throat, “magic was divided amongst the demons and shape shifters. Humans were left without magic.” She turned her sights on the roadway ahead. “The demons and shifters were given different cycles of the moon for their magic to be increased.”454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWspJVkepKs
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Lyon gave a gentle nod as she went quiet again. “And those are? Or have you forgotten?”454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwFkiQtDIU
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“I did not forget!” she snapped with a quick glare, folding her arms in front of her chest with an ‘hmph’. “Wolf demons have a boost during the full moon. Bear demons are during the waxing crescent moon. Fox demons are during the waning gibbous moon.” She paused to think before recalling the other demon type in their land. “Lizard demons are during the first quarter moon. Lastly, shape shifters have a boost during the new moon.” She snorted with attitude in her answers.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhKMZnmthm
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“Precisely, now can you tell me about humans and magic?” he questioned with a smile playing on his lips.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYMvJrbzBd4
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Kiana rolled her eyes as she released an over done groan. “Fine, humans that are gifted with magic are said to be the Eyes of the Ambassador’s. These humans each are gifted one element.” She held up one hand with a finger per element. “The first is Fire. Those with fire are given a boost during the period of the solar eclipse. Next is Water.” A second finger went up. “Those with water are given a boost during the lunar eclipse and at times during a lunar rainbow. Third up is Plant.”454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPMqIEBavZf
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A third finger came up. “Those with plant are given a boost during the harvest moon. Lastly is Wind.” A fourth finger rose, “those with wind are given a boost during the times of the blue moon which happen between one and three years. This makes wind, by some, the weakest element gift.”454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgSnLdcj5A
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Lyon nodded sadly as that was his element, wind. “Very good,” he praised, “I’m glad you actually remembered.” He said lightly with a bit of play in his voice as he paid little mind to her frown at his implying that she had a bad memory. “Now tell me what you can recall of what The Ambassador’s Will is.”454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDutU5acO5d
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“The Ambassador’s Will is a council of five Mages said to be picked by The Ambassador’s. This council is said to be in charge of ensuring any deemed as The Ambassador’s Eyes do not abuse their power upon others.” She stretched her arms up above her head as their steps had continued forwards. “Somehow the council can have a Mage’s power removed when they have deemed the Mage has abused his or her power.”454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzbAGgGSfR
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Lyon nodded once as she continued while lowering her arms. “When a Mage loses their magic they can never regain it and are counted as a dishonor to The Ambassadors. Those deemed a dishonor find life harder especially when the person is fully dedicated to the church.” She turned her eyes from the path up to the lightly cloudy sky. “Others may find it hard due to being shunned by others who value The Ambassador’s as high as The Great One others mention.”454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIVXCY7M7x
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“Very good, very good,” he praised pleased and opened his eyes that had closed to now gaze upon her. “You got it exactly right. I’m glad I never wasted any of my air explaining these things to you.” He chuckled.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInyGwPxPzo
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There was a silence between them which was filled by the crushing dirt under each step, until Kiana disrupted it. “Why haven’t you told me how the council removes a gift from another Mage?”454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXbsPLwKVh
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“That is because you needn’t worry about that.” He explained lightly.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzAATMI17jf
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She didn’t really accept this as a good reason for her to not know. Come to think of it, I don’t even know why he accepted me and offered to help me. She eyed him over suspiciously with her face slightly twisted and squished.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡraSJL7FDqM
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Lyon paid her little mind but did look over once he couldn’t stand the feeling of her staring. “Can I answer anything on your mind?” he asked slowly with a cocked eyebrow.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQSgFnV9zf
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“Yes but you probably won’t.” she answered with a pout and quiet voice. “Why help me?”454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwOdtl5TcHU
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“Because, you needed help six years ago and had I simply left you that summer evening then,” he sighed, “I would never have forgiven myself turning my back on a child.”454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQYMLu6xUE
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“That’s all?” she questioned while she came to a stop, her eyes cast down to the ground. It was just because of pity?454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0jQTAMw7m
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“Yup but I would have done it for anyone.” He stopped and turned, making his way back to her and placed a hand on her shoulder. “The Ambassador’s wanted peace and harmony amongst all the creatures here, and turning my back would have been turning my back to them. Public opinion both matters yet does not at the same time.”454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFUuajxEnxX
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“Uh huh…” there was a long silence as the wind blew before she spoke to break the silence. “So…where are we sleeping this time?” a flatness had entered her tone with those last words as well as almost a bit sarcastic. It seemed she was expecting an answer she had gotten often in the past.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGu1bYctSk
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Lyon smirked at her pessimistic tone. “Oh I was thinking about us staying in a tavern tonight.”454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnEErF3gk1
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“Really?!” she gasped with a sharp inhale. This brought the man to chuckle before nodding his confirmation. “Oh you’re so awesome! We get a warm soft bed!” she exclaimed as she was spinning with what could be called a small celebration dance.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXVft4qEvU
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“Yup, but we have to get there by, or before, night fall to ensure we can get a room.” He pointed out calmly as he resumed walking, slipping his hands inside his pockets under his cloak.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuAEoWIXSEX
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Kiana quickly made her way to her master, grabbed his cloak and started to drag him along as she ran. “Then hurry it up old man! I want us to get a room!”454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfH4ClfB2DP
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Lyon laughed stumbling and managed to slip his cloak free. “I know and I will keep up.” He explained as he walked and she ran ahead, waited until he got closer then, would race ahead, groaning and making snide remarks about his age. Young ones are going to learn one day that racing is not really the best way to do things. He mused to himself.454Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡffGiGss3sh
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