Analysis

"Unlike you guys, I treat all this like a challenge and a training session to make me stronger," Aion said. "Even if I were almost to die, I wouldn't blame any of you, and I would treat this like a learning lesson."

Sauros felt like Aion wasn't even thinking that they would be of much help while he fought. He also couldn't shake the feeling that Aion could have defeated most of the enemies so far by himself… he would have suffered a lot more, and perhaps he would have faced death even more often, but that only gave more weight to his words.

"Tell me when you guys are ready to move," Aion said and then sat on the ground and began to meditate.

Sauros looked upward and then stared at the ceiling. He noticed that lately, he felt like sighing a lot more, and he didn't imagine that such a journey would make him feel like sighing all the time…