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His smile grew to something nearing the norm as he nodded slowly, "For you, if nothing else." His head fell to rest against her shoulder once more as if he were weary, but the moment it touched her sohulder he lifted it again, "Would you like to meet them? The warriors from the Fortress, that is. You are the reason they are here. I may not have known you at the time, but your wishes stayed with me..."

He seemed to light up with a certain enthusiasm as he pulled from her embrace, taking her hand and almost pulling her along like a kid would do to show something to his mother. He seemed to be back to his normal Utopian self, "Come on, they're this way!"

He led her to a rise that quickly fell away to reveal a valley that seemed familiar, but only to a degree. It was the Temple as he had first seen in, the details sketchy and out of focus except for a single point of light. Down within the valley at the temple itself a statue had been errected, the features crisp and clear. It wasn't errected for worship, nay, but was built of love and respect, a perfect replica of Terra shod with gold, eyes cast to the steps below with arms spread wide.

On the steps three pinpoints of light seemed to waiver as if speaking, one a brilliant gold while two others of white, tinted red and blue. Near the golden light a pure white one seemed to float just above it and to one side. Throughout the forest movement could be seen as a crimson orb blaze at the entrance gates far below. The Warriors would be privy to a documentation of the events that had taken place in the Temple from the first day Mindblaze had seen it.

((>.> I....went fishing. http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?page=126&t=6408555#319480402 His first visit.))

His eyes were bright, lit by an eagerness like a child showing off his fingerpainting to his mother. The undefined points of light below interacted, but the main focus was not them, but the warriors that lounged throughout the valley. Mindblaze's smile was one of satisfaction, "The warriors of the Fortress of the Abandonned will live in what I consider my home outside the golden walls of Utopia. They will be allowed to see everything I have witnessed there and all I have done, but it will not impede their life here." He gestured to the statue, "As you are keeper of the temple, your likeness here will be their gateway back to Gaia. On that note, their bodies are ready. Would you like to be the one to tell them?"

With her hand still in his he seemed to step forward, a platform of crimson light forming under his feet. He drew her forward and held her close for the platform was small and didn't want her to fall off. He could have indeed made the platform bigger, but then there wouldn't be the need to be so close to the one he loved. The platform was carrying them towards the golden statue where it would hover just above. The platform would expand as he stepped back, "Speak, and they shall hear."

He pulled up behind her to whisper in her ear, "Let your words flow from your heart. Let them know why they have found salvation, who called upon me to enact it. Let them know that this paradise is but a part of their lives now. Let them know they can return to their families." He planted a kiss upon her neck and drew away, giving her a small pat on the behind as if to encourage her to press forward.

A cheer rose up within the valley as a smile spread across Mindblaze's lips. He could feel their jubilation coursing through him and knew it would soon flow through Terra as well. Each and every last one had fully realized they were going to see their families again, that their sacrifice had not been in vain, that their passage took them far beyond death. Questions began to float up from below, all centered around if they could return now and if they could bring their families to reside here instead. Terra would know the answer to both, whether in her heart or through Mindblaze, that it was well within her power to grant that wish.