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Jair had been warned many times about listening to Naida - who was at times just as convincing as Nina in her arguments about where they should go and what they should do - but like any boy, he didn't always listen to his parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, and cousins. He liked the idea of adventure, and he had never been to the Borderlands before! It didn't take any convincing at all to get him to agree to go with Naida ... she had simply asked him if he wanted to go, and he had been all for it.

He was right behind Naida, his hands clasped together eagerly, his green 'legs' shimmering with the same sparkle as the tail that they were replacing.

"I'm ready when you are," he grinned at his cousin.

Jair cried out as he spun and fell to the ground, his legs coming together to reform his tail again.

"Just a second!" he called after Naida. He muttered the words of his spell, and in an instant his legs were back again, and he ran after her. "What the heck was that?"

Jair blinked and looked around. "I think I've been here before," he murmured uncertainly, "but ... that was a ... very ... very long time ago ..."

He turned to Naida, his face pale. "I think we're at the palace in the Southland," he said, his tone filled with awe. "I thought we were going to go to the Borderlands! You were there so many times, I thought you knew the way!"

But even if they wanted to turn around and go back, they really couldn't - not without finding whoever it was who had snuck in there with them ... and he had a feeling that it just might be Iris, and that might take some time.

"Unless I'm mistaken," Jair muttered as he broke into a run, "I think it was Iris. No one else is that colourful - and that fast."

He kept one hand on the wall as he ran, praying that they wouldn't get lost. He had heard too many stories about this labyrinth. On the bright side, he figured that as long as they didn't see any skeletons, he wouldn't lose his head.

"And just watch her make it through here long before we do," he rolled his eyes. "I hope she doesn't cause too much trouble for anyone on the other end."

"I don't know," Jair admitted, glancing around and noticing for the first time that only about half the torches were lit. "We were just new when we came here last time. Like ... a week old or something like that. I don't really remember much ..."

He looked over at Naida. "Do you know which way we're supposed to go?" he asked her. "I know Serenity said something about following history backwards, but I don't know the history here!"

"Sure," Jair agreed. "At least we'll be together then. And maybe then we can find our way out of here, one way or the other."

He looked around - or at least, he tried to. "I really don't remember it being like this," he murmured, getting a little worried. "Something ... isn't right ..."

Just before Jair and Naida could catch up with Iris, the door burst open, letting her spill out into the corridor. There were two guards there, and as the neko burst out, they each grabbed one of her arms, trapping her.

"Who are you?" one of them demanded harshly. "What are you doing in there?"

The other one was peering further into the corridor, and he stared at Jair and Naida. "Wait," he said, peering into the darkness. "Fetch Sir Elros, if they have come from Gaia he will know them."