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"Did you think I was talking about Krious when I told you about those powerful mages? No, I was referring to myself. I can rip through your mind without you knowing a thing. I ask, however, because I am not an evil man. If you refuse my help, then I will not go through your mind." Erik stood. "You don't wish for shortcuts to your true power...that is good. A long journey is the only way to find it. To find the true power within, you will have to find the true reason to why you fight."

Erik laughed. "If that was the truth, then you would have access to your magic." Erik looked Shea square in the eye. "You will not know the reason as to why you fight until it is made painfully obvious. The truth is sealed away within our hearts...look deep within, and find the truth."

"Only survival...It's clear that you haven't found your true path." Erik said, as he pondered what he had heard. "Someday, you will discover a reason to fight. A reason that you would walk a straight line through hell to protect...and when you do, you will find the true power sealed within." Erik had finished eating at this point. "Come, enough with all this deep thinking. I'm going to ask around, see what people know about what's happening."

Erik smiled. Perhaps he had driven his new found ally up a wall. Which was good. Sometimes, people needed to get a little angry.

Instead of catching, Erik simply raised his hand. The sword teleported to his hand. He sheathed the blade in its scabbard, which was slung over his shoulder. "I must go. The owner of this fine home is long missing. I must find her."

"Good. Search the back alleys. I will search the market."

Avin brushed the dark hair from their face, icy blue eyes fixed upon the strangers within the house. One was a mage, they'd found that out in their short observation time, the other one however, they weren't sure. "It matters not," He muttered to the other one, adjusting their position on the adjacent roof, paying special attention to the one called Erik. They stood straight up, placing their hands on the small of their back and pushing forward. Several cracks could be heard as they twisted, limbering up. They began towards the other house as the others exited.
It had been a long time since they had been back to this city but the vermin were just as stupid as ever.

They stopped suddenly, prying eyes upon their back. Had they been spotted from the street? No; This was something more, there was someone watching them in a different way. Avin grinned, closing their eyes. "I feel you there," they thought, projecting their thoughts outwards. "We haven't positioned you yet, but you'll be ours soon enough," They opened their eyes once again, scanning the rooftops all around them; They would not be taken for a fool.

All at once it hit them, the mage. "s**t," They muttered, turning their red eyes to face Erik, their blond hair falling back into their eyes.