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Once again, Cody was off wandering the mall with some money in his pocket and nothing better to do. Ary had pissed him off by taking back some of the things he had "found" in her room and happened to claim as his. Did she not know that taking back what was rightfully his was wrong?

Grumbling quietly to himself, the spawn wandered over to the food courts as the need for food began to make itself known. After figuring that stealing something from one of the many stores would be pointless, there wasn't much else to do anyways. Security was far too tight in the jewelry stores and the only ones with minimal security wasn't worth it. Great.

Pausing in front of the food court, the spawn looked around coolly. So many choices...

Cody nearly jumped a foot into the air as his name was shouted. The pre-teen quickly turned around to find the person who had seemed to know his name. If any of his mom's friends found him here... Oh boy, that would be horrible.

Thankfully, the spawn managed to notice Lir in time before bolting off into the deepest regions of the over-crowded mall. The girl LOOKED familiar, but something was off and kept him from truly remembering as he slowly walked over. The one wing and tentacle... something about a church... Ah, whatever, he'd remember her name later.

"You rang? And did you really need t' shout?" Cody asked in his usual irritable greeting. Eying the spawn, he couldn't help but notice that Lir was a pretty good looking chick even if his interests lay elsewhere. "How do you know my name?" he finally managed to ask, still unable to come up with a name to the face. Pah, almost everything in his memories was a fuzzy haze, except for a few random events here and there. Strange.

A church and Aludra... Well, the church confirmed that he had but the name sounded only vaguely familiar. The spawn glanced over Lironax's main features once more, hoping to spark more from his memory and failing miserably. Well, at least he could recall a location and Lir's DNA parents as lust and patience.

"I don't exactly remember, but that's not much of a surprise. You finding me here isn't much of one as well," Cody replied with a irritable sigh. Maybe he had hit his head when he grew and was giving him some sort of amnesia.

"So, I assume you're here to shop like the entire world of gaia?" he asked, glaring at some of the people staring at them. They quickly looked away, whispering to each other.

"And I suppose you would want some help as well?" he asked after a moment, finally remembering his manners.

Cody just chuckled, eying the sea of bags almost longingly. That is, till he realized most of it was clothing and instantly looked back to Lironax. "Yeah... It seems you have done just that," he replied, smiling slightly.

"Hm? Just for helping you carry a few bags you would buy ME something?" the spawn asked, incredulous. He made a small note to himself about trying to help his mom and Ary around the house more. Perhaps his allowance would be increased or something. A greedy look twinkled into existence in his eyes, a slight smirk crossing his face before disappearing.

"Well, I suppose I can't say no to an offer like that. I mean..." a slight dusting of pink rose to his cheeks. Damn it! He could hear Shadai now, scolding him for forgetting his sense of manners. "If it wouldn't be too much trouble," he continued, sounding extremely reluctant to say it as if he would rather have not said it in the first place and even gritting his teeth as he spoke.

Cody just shrugged off the comment about there being a lot of bags, easily picking up the three remaining bags and following Lironax. "How have I been? Ah... Depends on your point of view on what was fun and what wasn't," he replied, following her towards the shoe store. Gah, shoe shopping was one of his least favorite things to do. With clothes anything in his size was bought and modified for his wings.

"I've... Well... Don't remember much honestly. I don't want to talk about why either. I did meet the angel of patience though. Was rather interesting to say the least," he continued, scowling slightly as he remembered the meeting. Interesting was an understatement from his point of view. The spawn STILL didn't know what all could have caused the poor angel to lose his title as angel anyways.

"Been stuck here for most of the past week as well. You have no idea how many holes are in the security here, nor how many different ways you can pick a lock," he continued, shifting the bags of clothes a bit.

Cody just stared at Lironax, face blank of emotion as she all but freaked out over the previous angel of patience. "Yes I met him. I was waiting outside a store while mom shopped and well... we apparently look too much alike and had a little... chat. He's fine, and apparently with friends. Was doing something at a nearby building. I don't know where he is and I don't care. He's abandoned what it means to be an angel of patience," he replied slowly, voice becoming irritated and angry.

Cody barely noticed that they had entered the shoe store until Lironax set down her bags and started looking over the shoes. "I won't get caught. Never have, never will. And don't worry about Hya too much. He's not coming back. Ever." That was true, since he figured returning from a fallen state would be nigh on impossible. At least, that was what he figured.

Cody just grinned, glad the subject had switched from Hyacinth to his stealing problems. "I would hate to as well as both my mom and her friend would probably kill me for even thinking of such a thing. Shoes are pretty," he said, commenting on the shoes as she looked them over. Course, anything silvery or shiny had his absolute interest within moments anyways so it wasn't THAT much of a surprise.

Cody shifted the bags a bit, pondering the question. He had seen the car, but it honestly didn't interest him all that much. Although, his mind DID go to a certain someone with curly brown hair. Perhaps... Nah, if he was going to get something for the spawn, it would be out of his own pocket, no matter how much he hated the idea.

"I don't know, honestly... Wait, isn't there that colored glass store nearby?" he questioned, thinking he remembered the shop having been located in the mall, but it was at the higher end part of the place and thus heavily guarded. He had figured that anything with a lot of security wasn't worth lurking around in case someone yelled at him or something.

Cody allowed himself to be dragged through the mall and to the store. Almost as soon as they got there, all thoughts on getting something for himself melted away. There were so many beautiful things that lay within the store, it was hard not to think of getting one for Edes. Sure his entire being screamed at him that was a stupid a** idea and he shouldn't bother, but...

"No idea and not really," he muttered, slowly wandering into the store, looking over everything. Most figurines he passed over, as well as the glass beads. Of course, there were the beautiful glass ornaments and such as well as various other things. All of which he forced himself to ignore.

That is, till he passed by a small necklace rack. He nearly didn't see it and ended up backtracking to look it over again. On a slim silver chain lay two glass feathers with gold leafing. A soft pink blush rose to his cheeks as he remembered how he and Edes exchanged feathers that first time they met and how the very same feather still hung around his neck, hidden under his shirt. Cody just stared at it for a few more moments, reaching out a free hand to gently pick it up, looking it over carefully and lost in his own little world.