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Jules did, and as the tube closed the stone off, he crossed his arms. "Don't forget, I've got my own things to do. You just caught me at a good time. And it helps that I never felt like -that- before.

"Get back to delivering stuff. I've got my own site where I line up the orders. On a good day, I can fit twenty packages, and I don't usually rest in the same city two nights in a row. It's pretty nice," Jules explained. "Besides, it's an adventure and a half going from one end of a region to another. I've even got people trying to put me outta business, if you catch my drift."

"Yeah, your secret's safe with me," Jules said, and went back to the stairs. "So did you say something about hoverboards?"

"Thank you." Jules approached the rack, rifling through until one design in particular caught his eye -- yellow and black. It wasn't quite his bag, but it was close enough. And cool enough. "Yeah, this one's real nice. What's their power source, anyway?"

"Never held one of these babies before. They must be expensive." Jules searched for a port on the side, and for a voltage rating. He was happy to find both. "Custom or factory?"

"That's what I'm talkin' about." It would have been decidedly uncool, Jules thought, if these things weren't was fast as he was. "I'll just get myself a strap for this, and I can go all terrain. So, good luck, I guess."

He paused at the door, however, and glanced back. "What are you guys trying to do, anyway?"

"Sounds fun. Maybe if you get cool enough, people will wanna put you out of business too." Clearly, Jules thought it was a badge of honor. "Guess I'll play with you some other time."

He left, and waved. What worried him most now was finding the quickest path through the mountains.

Odd was sitting on the floor with a picture in his hands. There wasn't any writing on it but it featured an elderly man with a powerful aura about him standing on the top of a mountain. There were several other papers. All of them seemed to feature an elderly man or woman, though all appeared to be strong, courageous and vastly experienced in the ways of the world.

Lykas walked up on his friend and looked at him with curiosity in his eyes. "What are you looking at old people for?"

"They're not just any 'old people', Lykas." Odd responded. "They're all sages from eras gone by."

"I didn't know women could be Sages? I thought that title was for men only." Lykas responded as he picked up one of the pages with a woman on it.

"I may have gotten some incorrect information, but this is what I was able to find on them." Odd responded.

"So why are you looking at pictures of sages?"

"I'm just wondering....are all sages as powerful as these people were supposed to be? Were they all so respected? Were they all so -old-?" Odd responded.

Lykas shook his head as he sat down beside Odd. "I couldn't give you the answers to those questions, honestly. But I know Miles was a sage and he was pretty badass when he was doing something." He offered. "And he was only a hundred and fifty or something."

Odd absorbed that information for a few minutes. "Can only hybrids become sages?" Considering Miles was the only one he'd ever seen personally, he didn't know if the rules had changed on that concept since the most recent sage he had information on. Which consisted mostly of the man's picture. But he was certainly human in that picture.

Lykas sat with Odd for a while longer before he spoke again. "I'm guessing this isn't about sheer curiosity, huh?" Odd nodded. "Well, if you're thinking what I think you're thinking. You need to talk to Miles. He's the only person I know of who would have that kind of information. And probably the only living person anyone in our group knows that would be able to teach you anything about actually -being- a sage."

Odd took that information in as well. "Then...I guess I'll give myself more time to experience life this way, just in case. I'd rather not become a hybrid, by choice or accident, unless I absolutely have no other choice. I like being human. Even if I am physically weak." He offered Lykas a shy smile.

"Listen kid...I might not look it, but I'm pretty weak, too. A single cut would be all it would take to kill me. I'm not against becoming a hybrid, especially since I have hybrid blood in my family already, but I'd like to think I can become strong on my own. You should try that too, before you start considering anything that might take away from your humanity." He was trying to cheer his new friend up but only time would tell if he was doing any good. Odd had stopped responding by now and was simply sitting quietly.