New Convictions

As Shade picked himself up, he looked around. He was slightly curious as to where the others were. Carefully, he then looked over to Celia who was watching him calmly with a peaceful smile.

"Celia," he began. "Where are we anyway?"

"We're in the town near the Fifth Stage. It's called Empistosýni. Do you want the details we've gotten so far?"

"No, that's fine. I can hear them later."

"You've also been unconscious for two days, just in case you're wondering about that too..."

"I see."

Shade then proceeded to walk to the door. However, before he could open it, Celia stopped him.

"Shade, wait! I want to ask you something..."

"What's that?"

"Your brother... You haven't asked about him since you woke up. Nova and Raven were saying that I should have tied you to the bed so that you wouldn't run off after him but I didn't want to... I was wondering if the reason you haven't said anything is that you're secretly planning to go after him again..."