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"I'm awake?..." Amaya mumbled sadly. "I see..." She said as she slowly pushed herself up. "Kaname, get Crow ready for me." She ordered, her voice starting to regain some of its strength. "Your majesty, please. You just woke up, you are in no condition to-" "Just do it Kaname!" Amaya ordered a little more forcefully now. Kaname was taken back a little by Amaya's sudden urge to leave, but bowed and did as told.

"Because if I'm alive, it means Dariya isn't...we had to take a chance. One of us would die, and the other would live..." Amaya mumbled as she began slowly getting out of bed. "I have to go pay my respects and speak with the new Striker leader right away..."

"You can come with me until we reach the Striker's territory. Then I must go alone...The strikers will not hesitate to kill anyone that isn't me if someone was foolish enough to set foot inside their territory." Amaya told her youngest sister quietly as she finally was able to stand up, though her legs were a bit wobbily.

"I'm fine." She muttered, ignoring the arm Vivian had offered to her. Amaya was still pretty out of it. She really didn't see people until they started talking to her, and even then, she still couldn't truely see them. Hearing her sister, she knew it was probably something private, so she didn't press on about it, though Vince walked up and wrapped a cloak around Amaya's shoulders so she would warm up a little more.

Amaya got to the door and opened it before slowly walking down the halls. She didn't realize anyone besides Vivian, Vince and Kaname were in her room, because she always expected two of them to be there, and Vivian had been speaking, so she just continued on walking through the halls, to the main courtyard.

"I see...And why did you go, even after I had strictly forbidden it, just as every ruler before me?" Amaya asked in a serious tone.

"I wish you would have told me when this happened. I realize I've been busy lately, and I have been neglecting you and Amy and Erika, but the strikers are something I would drop everything for." Amaya told Vivian as she squeezed her hand lightly. "Listen to me carefully, Vivian." She instructed. "The strikers are not anywhere nears as kind as they may have seemed to you when you when to them. They are cunning and tricky, and very intelligent. Every time I make a deal with a striker, much less even talk to one, I'm putting my life in danger. They respect me and do as I say because I almost lost my life to them after I had to conquer my fear over them. However, respect does not mean they won't kill me if they believe I've stepped out of line. You must never go anywhere near them ever again unless I am around. Do I make myself clear?" Amaya said in a firm, motherly tone.