Nephis looked in the window and remained silent for a while. Her face was distant and still. After a while, she lightly shook her head.
"No… not yet."
Cassie seemed to be surprised by that answer.
"No? But… why?"
Changing Star sighed.
"The… Fire Keepers. That is what people call the Awakened who follow you, right? They all look up to me, do they not?"
The blind girl silently nodded.
"Of course! We… they have been waiting for your return ever since escaping the Forgotten Shore. Even though the Dreamer Army was an alliance of convenience, the bonds that were forged between its members are real. Their bond to you is real, too."
Sunny sipped his coffee with a strange expression. Neph, meanwhile, lingered for a moment, and then said:
"But they want more than just to welcome me back. They expect me to lead them, like I did on the Forgotten Shore. Am I correct?"
Cassie nodded once again.
Neph looked away.
"How can I lead them when I don't know where I am going? I… I need more time to figure things out before I face them."
The blind girl remained silent for a while, then sighed.
"I… I understand. I think."
meanwhile, did
said made perfect sense. She was not sure of what she was going to do, so she could not offer the remnants of the Dreamer Army guidance. She could not become their general again until she decided on the direction
her hesitation to slow her down. More than that, she had spent two whole years alone in the Dream Realm…
there was a lot of new information that became available to Neph after she came back. That had to change her
was she
wanted to know… yet. In any case, he was going to
else that bothered
Nephis and Cassie and then said,
home! We only agreed that Nephis would stay here for a week. Shouldn't you at least ask me before deciding to leave her here
Changing Star pull off an Effie
at him with an unreadable expression. After
I stay for
then glanced
Glad to have you, and all that. See, was that
***
renovations they were making to the Immortal Flame manor, and then left. Running a prominent Awakened organization was not
Neph were left alone
a few moments, and then
never really had one, more or less, before buying this
at him, then slowly shook
our financial situation
for a few moments, then
surrounded me that created the feeling of home. But they are
the conversation he once had
Flame clan is, to be honest. And who those people were. You once said that you
Changing Star nodded.
Legacy clans. You could have called it a great clan, even, although that distinction was not established yet back then. Apart from the immediate family, the clan also encompassed hundreds
silent, and then
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