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" No, that was the first time." Damion said happily, " I thought I saw him reaching for the guys pocket, and senior Sailor wasn't paying attention. Thought he mighta been trying to steal the guys money or something." He said with a small shrug, swinging the shield around and onto the straps on his back, setting it in place. From the looks of it, it had suffered no damage, and neither had the purported thief, who was already swimming for the docks, sputtering angrily.

Damion got the feeling he had done something wrong, a kind of aura Tomorrow gave off even if he didn't actually say anything. The boy frowned alittl bit himself, confused as to what he did wrong before shrugging and going back to the boxes hefting them up once more 2 at a time. He did find his eyes drawn back to the floating island again and again, however, and his work was slower for it, though he somehow avoided tripping over anything with his head tilted back like that.

" Nah, that's something I picked up. I can get it to bounce off stuff too, if I really tried." He said, smiling." It does have enchantments on it I guess, but their voice activated and they don't last as long as they should." Damion said with a shrug. " Really good at reflecting light and stuff, and more than once I've had to bounce fire back at things, So I'm guessing it's got some kind of reflection spell or something on it."

Damion blinked alittle before tilting his side alittle so that the shield slid, falling easily into his raised right hand, flipping it around in his hand so that he was presenting it to Maximos. The inside of the shield looked fairly normal, but for the golden ring that went around the inside edge, small runes running along it. When Maximos would go to touch it, the golden ring seemed to flash, the runes lighting up in an almost blinding lightshow. Damion never averted his eyes, it didn't bother him in the slightest anymore. " It says hello." He said, as a manner of explanation.

" My da says that a long, long time ago, There was a hole in our part of the world, way out in the water. Water swirled into it like a giant drain, and no one could go near it." Damion said, his face taking on a grim look. " The village thought it was some kind of monster, so they sent warrior after warrior out there to try and kill it. None of them came back. Well, one day the chief at the time went out there to try and appease whatever it was that lived out there, and he saw this one boat swirling around near the bottom, clearly going to be sucked in. Well, they say the chief dove into the water and somehow rescued the little boat, even though the guy inside was long dead." He said, his eyes unfocused as he looked out to the horizon. " They never say how he did it, just that he did. Well, anyways the guy had this shield in the boat with him, and afew other things aswell. His bones though....they were covered in runes alot like the ones on the inside ring of the shield, except they were black. No one paid any heed to them, since we couldn't really read them, but we can all read the ones around the rim." Damion said, gesturing at the shield as he came back to the present. " We call it Helios's Gift, after the sun god, and cause it does that shiny thing on command too. It did hang in the church....but....After a little incident I was involved in, they gave it to me in defense of the village." He said, looking rather proud at that, his back straightening out and making him just the slightest bit taller.

" Nah, I just really hate Demons." He said, blushing alittle at being called an accomplished fighter. " We used to have a mist that would bring demons in from the water and the little bit of forest around the village itself. One day my brother wandered out into the mist, we had all been warned not to go outside during the mist cause it has some kind of calling effect. Well, anyways he kind of wandered out and I went after him....I stole the shield from the chiefs house to do it. Everyone was out looking for him, but they told the children to stay, me included, but I wanted to find him." He said, as if justifying his theft." Well, I found him....chewed up and in the arms of some kind of mantis demon. I beat it's brains in with the shield....but it got me afew times. I was only a kid after all. No one in the village had seen anything like it, some kid beating up a demon like that, so they taught me how to really fight. There's about 7 other guys back to defend the village, excluding me now."

" Makes an awesome bludgeoning weapon." He said with a wry grin, " And it's got afew tricks that make it a great weapon." Damion said, running a hand over the shield with obvious affection, a man who obviously cared for his weapons. " The swords just kind of make the situation better. Would you like a demonstration? It's been awhile since I've had a....humanoid opponent that didn't have an extra limb sticking out from their chest or sides or back."