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Elazu watched Caden draw out his name in midair with wide eyes. What this child could do amazed him, he wished he could do something similar rather than just make his hands see through. He smiled, clapping his hands together at Caden's ability. He blinked, however, when told to play on the swings. Wouldn't he get soaked? He had no objection, but his mother might.

Risika sighed, ruffling Elazu's hair before setting him down on the ground. " You're already soaked to the bone as it is. Go ahead and play hunny."

Elazu grinned, running off toward the swings with glee, his arms out to his sides like make shift wings.

She smiled then turned her attention toward Ethan. " Well I got him from another spirit actually. It was all very interesting. How about you and Caden?"

Risika watched the man speak with a small smile. She always found it funny when people would just speak their minds and talk continuously. She nodded once he finished speaking. " Well I'm not too sure if he's a spirit. But his former caretaker was one. I'm guessing Elazu got his powers from him." She mused upon the idea then glanced over at Ethan. " Was he floating there or something?"

Risika nodded, for she basically understood what Ethan meant. The spirit that had given Elazu to her, was basically the same way. For a second he was there, then not a moment later, he was gone. She smiled once the subject was changed to Elazu.

" Elazu is fairly easy going. However, he likes to pick on his 'brothers' and play tricks on them. Its fun to watch them play, but I do have to step in once and a while when things get a bit out of hand. How about Caden?"

Elazu smiled down at Caden, extending his hand toward the child. He wasn't sure if Caden could get up by himself, seeing that he was floating around so much earlier, but the way he was waiting made him figure he needed help now.

" Up you go!" Elazu smiled over at Caden, kicking his feet forward and backward gently to make his swing move slowly.

" Counting myself, and all of the kidlets scurrying around the house, there are six of us." She smiled sheepishly, for she always got amazed stares whenever she said how many of them there were. " I don't have to worry about leaving Elazu alone, he's got about four brothers to take care of him whenever work demands me to be elsewhere."
She shrugged, for it was hard. " But I agree, Elazu is very smart, and very mature for his age. I can't tell you how long it took me to get that sort of maturity out of my teen."


Elazu blinked a few times then stopped kicking his legs, slowing down the swing so that Caden wouldn't be scared.

" It's ok! I'll swing nice for you." He smiled brightly, showing that he ment every word.

Risika shielded her eyes from the sudden sunlight. Nevertheless she smiled, for sunlight meant that Elazu wouldn't be entirely frozen to the bone from the rain. Thinking of this made her turn her attention toward the swings then to her watch. She was glad to have met Ethan and Caden, and yet she still wondered why the bus was taking so long. She really should have walked instead of breaking under Elazu's pleads.

Elazu smiled warmly at Caden before kicking his feet once more. He did so gently, knowing that the young boy wouldn't like going to the heights Elazu usually went to on his own. Soon they were swinging gently back and forth while Elazu hummed a soft tune that seemed to go along with his kicks.

" The bus that never came," she replied softly, smiling. " We were going to walk home, and it would have been a much shorter wait, but." She smiled as she looked over Elazu and Caden. " Elazu had seen a bus fly past us, and once I explained to him what it was, he wanted to ride home in one." She shrugged, for it couldn't be helped, she was a sucker for his puppy eyes sometimes, and he was having a lot of fun with Caden. She was glad that they had stopped.

Elazu smiled brightly as he heard Caden slowly join in his song. Not too many people could sing his made up tunes, so when finally he found someone who caught on so soon, it made him very happy. He continued to kick his legs back and forth, his tune becoming a bit louder and happier as he grew some confidence. He risked taking the swing a bit higher this time around, but their height was nothing compared to what kind of air he could get on his own.

A happy, yet annoying jingle broke the silence. Riiska cursed under her breath and quickly fished a cell phone out of her pocket, fumbling slightly as she tried to pry it open. No one usually called her cell phone unless..

" Hallo?" She paused listening to a frantic voice on the other end, a male voice and yet it sounded rather young, older than Elazu and Caden by far, but it still had a young tint to it. Risika's eyes went wide and she quickly answered the voice in frantic tones which could be recognized as German by the trained ear. She tried to calm the voice on the other end then soon hung up the phone, placing it into her pocket.

" I'm terribly sorry, but something very important has come up and we need to be going. Family emergency." She looked worried and flustered as she stood, calling out to Elazu. " It was nice to meet you," she fumbled with her wallet, pulling out a jet black business card with golden writing upon it. She held it out toward Ethan, smiling as best she could. " I would love to get the boys together again. My home phone number is on there." Gathering herself together, she stood from the bench, calling out to Elazu once more.


Elazu frowned from the swing, glancing back at Risika. He didn't want to leave, he was still playing! But as he caught sight of her worried expression he quickly jumped down from the swing, biting on his bottom lip. " Sowwy Caden, I gots to go." He held out his hand toward the fog child to help him down, he wasn't about to leave him up there.

Risika smiled, thank you behind the smile. " One of my sons," she paused, trying to think of a way to explain it. " My eldest is babysitting his brothers while I went out with Elazu, and one of them is having an episode." She would explain the episode but it was way too long of a story. He had night terrors and visions apparently that would make him scream bloody murder. Why? No one knew, not even the doctors.

Once Elazu got back to the bench, Risika scooped him up, hefting him onto her hip. " It'll be fine as soon as I get home and take care of it," she sighed a bit, tired and worried. She thought about the cab offer. It would be nice to ride instead of walk, but by the time it would probably get here and get going, she could already be home, they weren't that far.

" No thats alright. We're close to our house, thanks though." She smiled and bowed her head before waving toward Caden. " Good bye, hope to see you both again."

Elazu clung to his mother's side, watching Caden and Ethan silently. He would like to keep playing, but Risika wanted to get home, so he would just have to leave with her. " Bye bye Foggy!" He waved frantically before Risika turned and headed down the street. He laid his head on Risika's shoulder. Hopefully he would see Caden again in the future.