Alura landed hard on top of Marenzo, panting and forced herself to stand. "Tell me now what the hell's going on and why you did that!" she snapped.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOWPmTlZzM
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Marenzo tried to catch his breath, sweat slipping down from his brow as shattered metal rested in the dirt around his middle finger. "...Rings..."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJlPfhQeBg
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"What about them?"721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR218jYhm6l
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Marenzo gulped and grunted as he started forcing himself to sit up. "...I tried...to explain..." he groaned and paused after lifting his upper body off the cold dirt. "...I use them..." his barely open eyes shifted his blurry gaze to one of his hands. "...I use them to...show off and..." he took a breath before exhaling, "...to look stronger...than I really am..." he tiredly explained before groaning while shifting his body around to get to his knees. "It...let's me be...what my brother...and mother already-gah!" he tried to push up to stand but his right leg gave out, causing him to return to the dirt.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkePrgINy7Q
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"Would you stop being an idiot?!" Alura snapped as she moved and caught up to help him stay up.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4SavwrCHaw
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"...I wanted to be as good as them. So...I used an easy way to do it...and I rely on it." He sadly admitted while avoiding meeting her eyes.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6vDjZ7o6PR
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Alura was silent, her gaze narrowed on him as thunder rumbled above. "...Are you even able to use magic without them?" she finally asked.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZbDfMq9rj
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Marenzo nodded with a sigh. "Yes, I can but only...only teleporting short distances and mind reading frontal thoughts."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbt3lAduiji
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"Why didn't you say so when we met?"721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbhLfF6eeS
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"Would you had trusted a guy who saved you and said..." he moved to try standing again but this time he shifted so his weight would be supported by Alura. "That he could only help you because of him having enchanted rings?" Alura opened her mouth to reply but closed it as she gave that more thought. "That's what I thought and why I didn't tell you."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaSo1S9xCqd
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Alura shook her head. "Anyways, we should find shelter for the night before we find someway of getting out of here." She looked back to see the city lights and forward down the road to see not much. Best the darkened path than the lit one. She thought and began to slowly head away from the city with Marenzo being almost all dead weight.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ353GzkXq4D
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They didn't get far down the road before an engine slowed down as a single wheeled vehicle looking cycle came up beside them. "Hey, you two okay?" the woman asked.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHIrvfH2JSn
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"We're fine, leave us be." Alura sternly stated without looking at their inquirer.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMl0dbzFUNw
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"But you two look like you been through hell and back. Sure you don't need a lift?"721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglSQ1Fy5QX
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"...I don't even know where we're going so we can't ask you to take us anywhere...unless you can take us off this land."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLZj0R7zS6
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The woman thought before removing her helmet. "Well I can't do that but I can offer you a place to rest in my studio." She sniffed the air as her cycle stayed steady in its slow rolling motion. "And judging by your smells, you won't last long out here once night falls without shelter."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7U21VQFanZ
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Marenzo looked to the woman, noticing scales dotting around her facial features and her slit eyes. "We might want to take her offer. Better than being mauled by wild demons."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEil7fU5Ue
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"If anyone has been to school they already know that wild demons aren't uncommon here. We're kinda known for our demons outnumbering humans." She laughed lightly with a toothy grin. "How about it?"721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwFCfWlfUOx
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Alura stopped and looked at the cycle. "I don't see a spot for us to sit."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRdqaCVXdR
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"If your friend can change shape or both your shapes then you can ride in my basket." She pointed back to a tall basket with a few grocery bags inside it.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRN6P2IGDp
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Alura was silent as she considered this before looking to Marenzo. "How you feel up to that?"721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFquDSDfcd1
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Marenzo took a deep breath and sighed, reaching into his pocket and pulled out another ring. "...I'm going to need a very good nap after all this." He muttered and held it closed securely in his hand. His eyes closed and the ring began to glow. Shortly after so did he and Alura. The woman stared with an impressed look as there stood, once the light faded, a little girl holding an orange and silver kitten.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBmsGw25xn0
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Alura looked down and gave a small noise of startlement at seeing her age had been reduced. "...you're...fine. Grab...my bag and...get in there..." Marenzo horsely whispered with his eyes just barely staying open as his body was limp in her arms. "The spell will...only last maybe...an hour."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0BFzf3qPul
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"Okay, sorry about this." Alura said in her eight year old voice. She picked up the bag, making sure no rings fell out and got into the basket. "Ready!" she confirmed and the woman nodded. She took the controls and they sped off.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMUtoROt32
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They would arrive in a quiet town and be lead up a couple sets of stairs. The door was opened and they were allowed into an apartment that looked to had been a former dance studio. "Welcome to my abode." She greeted warmly as they entered and she set the groceries down on the table. "I've put a lot in to fix it up."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4tyPU7ell
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"It looks good and so neat." Alura complimented as she stepped around the room to take it in.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPAXuRH7eK
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"Thanks!" she began to put away the food as Alura wandered towards some back rooms. "If you want any food, I'll fix you something."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1EvRrdD1E
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"Maybe later after a nap!" Alura called back from the bedroom she found.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKftFdA1ik
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Out in the main room, the door opened and a middle aged man entered, stretching and yawned. "Welcome home." She greeted in her cheerful tone. "How was work?"721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDAPUreuJR
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"Tiering and if you would get an actual job you'd know."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgBC3vVX6v
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"I'm an artist and I spread beauty for money." She stated while striking an elegant pose.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQvShTX3Y2
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He stared at her with a straight eye look. "You paint homes and buildings for commission."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡquXfK7mWOX
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She sighed while folding her arms. "Still spreading beauty." She grumbled.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKT08ZJ63yq
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"Uh huh," he answered flatly while making his way to the sofa to remove his shoes.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡApvmztlr4Q
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"Oh, by the way, we have company."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkUlr6JLAnV
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"We do?" she nodded as he stood to go look. Soon he returned and made his way over to her. "Cloran...can you explain to me why there are two disheveled people in my bed? Did you give money to the slave market?"721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzoVWdj5mZ
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Cloran rolled her eyes. "Of course not. I know how much you hate that market."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCIJklAaFx
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"That's good news." He sighed relieved.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSyI9hJhed
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"I found them on the side of the road outside the capital."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmvE5XU9vz
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He pinched the bridge of his nose while closing his eyes. "Never mind, I take back my relief. Please tell me you were dropped as a little one."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tMUiRSmo6
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"Pfft, of course not Gryble. Tsun wouldn't had been that careless, although I do remember falling off chairs as a child."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZwOehTySiR
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Gryble took a deep breath, lowering his hand and opening his eyes. "Aren't you worried they will kill us in our sleep?"721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSdHEqvvWfe
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Cloran shook her head. "No and you need to learn to be more trusting of others."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFlheXSGLV
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"And you need to learn to be more cautious." Gryble stated before rubbing the back of his neck. "They can stay but if they try to kill us, I'll kill them."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXOX6w20hgh
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"Sounds fair enough. So, what do you want for dinner?"721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0s5a43b1I
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"Just my usual sis, you know that." He walked over and relaxed on the sofa, turning the news on with the volume low as she got to making dinner, his eyes starting to droop shut into a light doze.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzE5704QfP
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