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Valens had absolutely no idea where he currently was but this place was great! There was so much flash to it, things he'd not seen before now and he couldn't help but stare like some sort of tourist. The best and worst thing about this current adventure was the fact that Ellie wasn't here today. He was relying completely on his own sense of direction and it had gotten him to this place instead of the park that he had been looking to find.

The horse boy had dressed quickly this morning, having planned and plotted on how to get out the door without his Silver colored shadow following. He loved Ellie dearly, he really did but there were days when a guy wanted to explore without someone holding onto their hand. As a result he was in raggedly cut off shorts that still were covered in grass stains, his tank top was on backwards but lucky not inside out.

The one thing he'd gotten from Mr Tsuzuki on right was his wooden training weapon which was strapped to his back. He'd made sure to grab it on his way out the door thinking a park would be the best place to practice his training. To bad he'd never found the park so instead he was walking through a shopping district wide eyed with a weapon on his back... strangely enough that was almost considered normal in Gaia.

Valens gave a sound of surprise when a girl in front of him suddenly tripped only to land against him and he instictively reached his hands to catch hold of her. He started to talk at the same time that she did as well, "Oh! Wow, are you alright?" Half worried she might have hurt herself by crashing into him. His dark eyes went wide with delight when the girl he caught said his name and it clicked in his mind who he was starring at, "Damaris!"

The horse boy's ears turned forward and his tail started to swish behind him rapidly, "Are you alright?" He asked again, sounding even more concerned now that the one who tripped was someone he knew and liked.

"I am glad I was here to help, wouldn't have wanted you to get hurt." He said, deciding that despite having gotten lost that he had ended up in the right place if he were able to keep her from face planting.

"I'm pretty good, just out for a stroll." He said as he looked around a moment before his gaze returned to her, "Exploring this new place actually, I've never been here before."

His family lived closer to Barton so it had been a bit of a walk, not that he minded since he was quite fit and he was best at the physical aspect of things. He'd not even noticed the distance he'd covered, "I'm glad to see you too. Its been to long." His mind going to the picture she'd given him that was currently framed and hanging on his bedroom wall, "How have things been?"

He shook his head, "I don't normally get to wander as far as this since I always have my Silver shadow following me." He said, looking over his shoulder to where Ellie was currently not and smiled, "I was able to duck out early before she woke up and head out on my own."

The horse boy seemed far to pleased with himself and the fact that he'd been able to outwit a very smart dragoness. His ears turned forward before flicking back and forth, "Nope, whats the Boardwalk?" He found himself asking.

Damaris sounded pretty excited over whatever it was so he was pretty excited to go and see what it was.

"Oh! Thats cool, I went to a carnival once with a friend of mine named Reese, it was a lot of fun." He said, "I hope they have that game with the hammer, I'm good at that one." He'd been able to win it the last time he'd tried proving himself against some people who didn't think he'd do very well given his age.

He fell into step alongside the girl looking forward to exploring the Boardwalk with her, how could such awesome things exist without him even knowing about them? He would have to tell Ellie all about the place after he explore it with Damaris, maybe she would let the pair of them wander farther if she knew how many cool things were out there to be found.

Suddenly he was patting down his pockets, trying to figure something out... and then gave a happy sound, "Cool!" He did have money with him. It had no doubt gone through the washing machine with the shorts last time he'd washed his clothing but it was still usable!

"There is a game like that? Sounds awesome." He told her, trying to picture that in his mind and grinned, sounded like something they should try, "If we can find the hammer game I will try to win you a prize." He told her, after all she had given him that drawing so he wanted to give something to her in return. He could win her some sort of cute stuffed animals, girls liked cute things after all.

His ears and eyes were moving rapidly in all directions as he took in the sounds and sights all around them, soaking it all in.

Valens couldn't figured out where to look when they arrived, so many things to see, so many people, and Damaris's excitement only fueled his own making him almost jump up and down in place. He drew in a breath and let it out slowly to keep from just running forward into the thick of it all. No, first he would need to pay and he didn't want to lose sight of Damaris as he might not be lucky enough to find her again with so many people around.

He used the control techniques he'd learned from his weapon teacher to get everything inside of him under control before trotting forward to pay after Damaris did, "Cool, what should we do first?" He asked of his companion, deciding that she had been here before she was the best to get advice from.