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"I hope you're right Nina. I agree with Fara and Arteria here, you're making a big gamble." Said Elric with a sigh. Why did Nina have to have such a heart? Well, this must all by Crystal Child Instinct. Even Benjamin, and Eca agreed with them.

"Well, I believe you're right Nina. I just don't know how, but you might be." Said Irvin in a bashful tone. Unlike the others, he thought she was right.

Seeing this, Arteria shrugged her shoulders. ''There's always that doubt, and Nina has it."

"Maybe it's because he's a male Crystal Child." Muttered Benjamin to his sister. This was one of the few males Nina didn't out right hate, even when she should.

"Oh that's not a good idea. She doesn't want any children, remember? She's probably the more fertile than anything." He continued to tease. Arteria however heard them both clearly.

"Is this true Nina? Well that just saddens me, but don't mind this researcher." Arteria placed her hands on Nina's shoulders. "Nina, you're granted with gifts, gifts no other being other than other crystal children have. You're faster, stronger, use any element in a number of ways. There's something else you can do though." Stepping away from her, she took a nearby seat. "Your first display of power was not in your elements or tricks, but before you were even born. You created a double of yourself from the womb to help your parents save the world. I think that showed us just how powerful you could really be, even greater now that you are older."

"I can't answer that, all I can tell you was you father could had died, as your mother. She was in labor at the time too. I think it had to do with the rings themselves." She explained, this was quite a story in itself. "When your mother found you, you were incomplete, you needed crystals which she did. Well, you were technically finished by that time. Yet you absorbed them into yourself just before then, in fact you pulled them to you. They are in the state their in due to that actually. You nearly sucked them dry. Heck, we're not really certain if their state is what caused Orbis, or you chose to do this after understanding all the fighting."

"It was for a good reason. If they knew how to fix the rings before, they would had." Said Irvin, trying to cheer her up about the situation at hand. It wasn't her fault, no one knew of the consequences. And it was for the good of everyone, including the lives of her and her parents, her family.

Irvin blushed and smiled. He didn't expect to get a hug from Nina. It was nice, different but nice. It saddened him a bit it ended so soon, but they had to go. "Don't forget to go to Quintu first!" He reminded them.

"Good luck you four!" Waved Arteria, she knew they would be just fine. They would all find themselves on this journey. Though that other Crystal Child, the girl worried her some. What would she want with the rings?

"That was informative. You have all sorts of cool hidden powers that none of us understand." Said Elric. "Gotta say, I'm a bit jealous."

"Weren't you paying attention in school? The Quintu's are the forerunners of all sorts of different technologies! If anyone has them, it would be them." Said Benjamin, he lightly tapped his female cousin on the head. "We'll have to transfer trains, but we can get there by portal station."

"Oh that! Yeah they have, the last ones to get theirs rerouted too. In short, we won't have a problem using the portal station." He explained once more. Gotta love the ease of transportation.

Nothing more than a hop skip and a jump away, they were in Quintu via portal station. The place was true to their name, in the distance was the fabled unrelenting thunderstorm! Despite it being the afternoon, it was quite dark in Quintu.

"I've always been told this area was dangerous, and now I can see why..." Muttered Elric, he was still amazed at how everything looked. the houses were much larger, this is what they called buildings? Not to mention the way people dressed, there was a lot of robes worn adorned in all sorts of metals and gems. "Benny, Fara, why don't you two look for a place for us all to stay and any info on where the temple is? Nina and I will see if we can find the next ring."