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The hare clung tightly to his friend, feeling the leather and warm skin. "I cannot help what I see, you're right. But I still feel guilty, Tsume. I still feel guilty." and looked up at the wolf sadly, grabbing his hands. "Tsume I can't. You heard what she said, One cannot live while the other survives. And Ipo's spell has an indefinite amount of time, he could die tomorrow or next year, but he won't stop until he's sure I'm dead." he whispered before smiling weakly. "However he won't kill me in public, he was just really angry this time."

"That is what this is called?" he asked, looking at the slip of paper. "Cut into people and pull babies out by force. She said only if the original didn't work." Leo could give birth to the babies this way, an heir to Nalenyr and an heir to Falia. But Leo was part Retian, if they caught wind of this they'd go to war. "This will bring war." he murmured, looking at the gun still entrapped in the ice. This was why she was hoping he'd have good luck this time, this outcome would cause war.

"Everyone's different. Did brother say that? It sounds like something he'd say." And smiled before tilting her head. "You know, I snuck into brother's room when you came back from Falia, and those earrrings came with a necklace and a ring. Why aren't you wearing them?"

"I was actually going to ask if I could sleep in your room tonight, Tsume." he said softly, looking away. "I don't think I can sleep in my room anymore." Ipo was definitely much better than himself. He was more outgoing and had lots of friends. Kashi's only friends were the royal heirs and the three Falians and Justin. Oh, that was seven people. It always seemed less then seven. Tsume's words brought him back to reality and the black ears finally perked somewhat. "That's actually very sweet. In a grotesque sort of way." and managed a smile before letting go. "I need to wash my face and re-apply my ointment." he murmured, bowing his head to feel inside the eysocket and wincing. It was a faint cut now but she'd definitely had it re-open to it's former painful glory.

"That is the Kaspian way. They have no morals and will do what they can to get ahead. You saw their technology in her head. There is no way we can catch up to that. Even Ipo and Kashi's style of clothing are much different then ours and made of different material that require little if any ironing and do not shrink." he shook his head. "I do not feel the cold, Nix. I have felt it only once and I wish not to feel it again. Let us go inside. You are not properly dressed for the cold."

Martha shrugged. "I dunno, they still seem untouched." and listened before frowning. "But that must be very sad. What if you accidentally forget important stuff to make room for new stuff? I just ignore stuff but I don't forget. Like today I was arguing with a stable boy and he threw a bucket at my head, I have a bruise right here." and pointed to the back of her head. "But it wasn't important so I ignored it. When I need it again I'll remember it." and smiled. "You should try that. This way you can remember everything but like, not remember everything."

"It's just in my bedroom." he said as he stood, moving his bangs back over his eye. "and Leo doesn't need to fix it. It will heal again like it has before. I've never been so far from the castle." he explained, exiting the room. "But you don't need to follow me. There are workers in the walls." he said. "I'm safe from Ipo as long as I don't enter the dead zones, which, my room is one but the outside of it isn't to bad. You've been in the servant's quarters." he explained, looking back with his good eye. "I'm safe until night, Tsume. All I ask is that I sleep in your room, and then everything else is fine."

"In the long run, perhaps, but for short bursts my handicap becomes an advantage." but Elliot listened to her and followed her inside. "Guinevere wanted Falia to know how her culture works, then. We learned the hard way. By denying her offer to help us she made it worse, stopping it only until we begged. She's a dictator to the rest of the world but the leader of a foolish democracy in hers." and nodded. "I'll take you to your bedroom before I look for Leo. You are just as important as he is."

"Emily's favorite color is yellow, Annabelle's is light purple, brother's is pure blue. Justin likes the color brown though, I don't know why." and crinkled her nose. "It's an ugly color, brown. What's your favorite color?"

"Tsume you already have Nix and Leo to worry about, though." Kashi said, "They're more your priority then me. Every country has spies. Ipo and I had lived here in Nalaenir for a year learning about the country before we were officially sold here to the castle." he explained before nodding. "There are always servants in the walls but the walls make our voices very muffled. If I screamed they would hear it." and smiled. "Haven't you ever heard a hare or rabbit scream?"

Elliot followed Nix at a calm pace, thinking and trying to plan but the result was always the same. War. If they lost Reta would gain two countries but if they won... if they won... But he couldn't think that far ahead, all he knew now is that it would cause war, such large, widespread war. Too many countries would be brought into this.

Martha smiled. "Brother is silver and white! Is that why you love him?" and smiled. before turning, hearing the door open. "Hi Nix! Hi Elliot!"

"I'm not a wolf, though." Kashi said with a chuckle. "But I'm positive Tsume, you don't need to be my shadow." And reached the servant hall, going through it rather easily before opening his door. It smelled of soap and water, faint remnants of Ipo's vision still on the wall, but they were nothing but fragments of the previous image of his death. "Please, come in." and closed the door behind Tsume before pouring water into the porcelain bowl and starting to wash his face clean of blood.

Martha moved over as Nix started to crawl into her brother's lap. "You must be really tired." But Elliot picked her up at that moment making her frown but cling to him. He was still a little cold, but he was warming up.

"I don't blame her for being overwhelmed. Everyone was feeling a little but of everything today." He said softly walking into the hallway. Leo wasn't looking at him. Had he done something terrible, had Leo done something terrible? Considering it was Leo he probably didn't do anything wrong. "It wasn't your fault for putting off their feeding. I apologize for that." Elliot said softly.

Martha looked at them both before squirming. "I told Emily I'd help her with something in the classroom. I'll be right back!" and fell to the ground before darting off, leaving them alone like the good sister she was.

Elliot stared before glancing up at Leo. "My lunch was interrupted as well, perhaps I could join you?" and looked at Leo curiously. What had Elliot done wrong? "If it's about earlier Leo, I'm sorry. The sound of that cannon frightened me as did hearing what it had done to you and Falia." he looked away. "I have graver news, but let us eat first before I spoil our appetites. All right?"

"Perhaps a bit of both. You're frightening. Not as terrifying as you were before, ow, but you can be frightening when you choose." and looked up at the mirror Ipo had cracked, making sure he'd cleaned everything before drying it off. "Ipo is hard to understand. Things he thinks I like he actually likes. I have been in his shadow but at the same time he has been in mine." and grabbed the small container of ointment. "He wants to find out his likes and dislikes. He has a taste for meat, I don't but I'll eat it when needed or craving. He likes pottery and tea cup designs. I prefer the actual thing as a whole. We're similar but not alike and he doesn't like that."

"I don't hate you, Leo. We've been over this." he said, stopping Leo from bowing and kissing the corner of his mouth. "Leonard, I couldn't hate you if I tried. Trust me." and turned to his Uncle. "Yes, it was actually a beautiful thing to behold once I look past the shock and fear of that weapon." and nodded. "That's fine. We received two gifts from the president." and looked at Leo before slowly walking, keeping his hand intertwined with the Falian's.

"I've never thought of it that way. We've just always helped each other out despite him not liking me and me trying to like him." and closed the ointment. "Ipo is good, it just takes a bit of stubbornness to look past it." and began to tie the bandages around his eye before pausing, looking at Tsume's reflection before looking down. "It, it's much to clear now but it isn't happy." he finished tying the bandages before turning to Tsume. "I see it falling from the sky, many Kaspians are trying to fly off but the hurricane is too strong and so wet their wings break or the feathers are to wet to even try flying. Many of them were being flung around like limp dolls and you can't hear them screaming because the wind and rain is so loud." he covered his ears, fully seeing it as he closed his eye. "And it's falling. It's falling and it looks slow but it's going so fast. And the hurricane just keeps roaring and the people on the land below are watching and gasping and pointing. Kasp is going to fall in the water. And everyone is panicking and screaming and people are dying and crying and unable to fly." his ears raised through his fingers. "But there's someone, he's still blurry meaning there's more to my vision. But I know there's someone. And he caused it. He caused the fall of Kasp." and opened his eye. "I just wish I knew who it was. The one who made Kasp fall." hhe looked at Tsume. "When I first had this vision, all I knew was that Kasp was falling and that started my torture." he sighed. "I wonder when I will have that vision again to know who the person is. Man or woman I can't tell, but that person destroyed the kingdom of Kasp with a spell in the shape of a hurricane."

Elliot kissed Lewis's head, continuing to walk. "A weapon that spits fire and roars thunder" Elliot explained before stopping at the authoritative voice. "You used that voice to scold me." he remembered, frowning. "I still don't like it. It's just as bad as father's."

"Oh. Um, I'm not sure. I'm slightly shaken right now." he admitted. "What's entertaining about your job then, Tsume?"

Elliot sat down, taking his food. "It was still not pleasant whatsoever. I always felt awful afterwards."

"About what?" Alvaro asked, strolling in happily. "I found this in the garden?" and held out the small handgun. "I'm guessing this is the weapon." and gently placed it down pointing away from the rest of the group. "How is everyone?"