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Natu followed Caeb. It struck him odd that he could see fine a few moments ago, but now he was as blind as a bat. What is going on with this Hououza? he thought.

"Well....it's more bad than good. You see, I'm gonna be moving outta town, quite a while away from here. I might not see you guys again for a long while," he said. Everett fluttered back to Ryo's shoulder and folded his wings to his sides.

"NO!" Hikaro exploded, startling Haku. "Why?" He said, demanding an answer quickly from the green haired Hououza before him. He was the only one who really knew about these danged RubbaRogos, or whatever they were, and he was going to move? No!

Raissen, having watched Everett move from his grasp, instead folded his arms and leaned over Haku's shoulder, peeking at what the younger Hououza was reading.

Hikaro calmed down but folded his arms also. "Well, I don't know hardly anything about your dad, other than the fact that he...you know...is SPECIAL." Hikaro said, referring to his glowy-hand-make-hurty-go-away trick. "But I'd love to try and help him get another job here

Caeb was expecting the touch, so he didn't flinch, but he was putting a great deal of trust in the one who's hand was interlocked in his. Energy coursed from Natu's to his, and Caeb gasped a little. Natu should, by his own right, be much larger than he was. The hououza who led him was older by a long shot. But why were they the same size?

A side effect of ESP that remains until properly controlled is the projection of thoughts, as well as the acceptance. So if Natu normally didn't have any sort of empathy, It was very plausable that Caeb's thoughts could penetrate his mind in a vague manner. Natu's life force was very strong also, temptingly so, emotions powerful.

Hikaro absorbed what Ryo said, silent, until eventually speaking, "It seems to me Riddle is most adept at different versions of crafting. Factory work is too menial to a skilled worker like him. So if there was an item crafting shop, i'm sure that would be ideal."

Haku had been focusing on the cryptic symbols in the tome when the inside of his glasses reflected the approaching Hououza. Haku looked up and squinted at them.
"Someone is coming." He said in the sweet quiet voice of his.

((I have to go back to school, but will be on later tonight probably.))

"Miss Maurie?" Hikaro asked, scrunching up his nose as he thought, "I don't think I ever heard of her....RubbaRogos? Are those the guys who tried to net us before?" Hika asked, turning as well to spot the two unknown Hououza, both were small, both seemed in some way challenged, one had an infinity mark on his cheek.

Food! Caeb decended on that sandwich like a panther on a rabbit. A week without food left him famished, painfully so. No more than four bites, and the sandwich was nothing more than memory. Eight, and the apple was core and seed. When both had been consumed, Caeb sat on the ground, holding the apple core, shaking. Sweet sweet food.

"Thank you, very much." Caeb said both to Natu, for leading him, and to the Hououza who had given him sustinance. Drying his hands on his pants, he reached out in the direction the food came from, but he wanted to touch the hands of the Hououza who provided it, he wasn't asking for more food.

Hikaro and Raissen were a little cautious, having never encountered a disabled Hououza before, but Haku was intrigued. From behind Caeb, he peered at him, studying the Hououza silently.

Hikaro shook his head. But Haku piped up, "I've heard of it." The geeky Hououza said. Raissen smiled, "You would."

Caeb got no response to his hands and let them drop to his lap. For all he knew, the others could be pointing and staring at him, or something else. He knew they were still there, they were speaking. His silver wings shivered slightly.

Haku from his pocket took out a small tupperware container, filled with a slightly brown paste, as well as a baggie of crackers. Sitting before Caeb, he grasped the Hououza's dark hand in his own, turning it over. Into it, he placed the two items. Haku had been saving it for himself, as it took a while to make, but knew it would be greater appreciated by this Hououza before him.

"Save it." He said quietly, "In the container is a nutritious spread made from figs and nuts, as well as anchovie paste." Haku stared up at the other four, daring them to speak. Fish had many nutrients to feed the brain, not because he was obsessed with the taste of fish.

Standing again, Haku took out a notepad and began scribbling wildly.

Haku tapped his lip with the pencil as he thought "Mmmmmmm... Just one of the workers. In all of my visits there, never have I met Miss Maurie." Haku said, pausing for a moment before continuing to write wildly on the mini notepad he had.

Caeb was beginning to feel ansty without anything to do around all of these people. Milky white eyes darted about sightlessly as he turned his head to catch the voices of the various people around him, knowing he was partially surrounded.