"Black Smoke and Burning Steel"

Leonard, eager to get going, was determined to leave. "Let's go. We don't have time for this," he told the group firmly.

Mikaela, however, ran up to him and firmly grasped his hand with both of hers. She pulled him close, looking into his eyes with an almost desperate intensity. "Please, Leonard..." she pleaded, "...we need to help them..."

Leonard, initially resistant, looked at Mikaela impatiently. "Mikaela..." he began, in a protesting tone, but then his eyes met hers. He hesitated, softening at the plea in her gaze. "Aaaahhhh... Alright, alright," he relented, with a sigh. "But if it takes more than two days, I'm heading out on my own."

"Thank you, Leonard! You're the best!" Mikaela said, relieved and enthusiastic.

"And where are we going, exactly?" Leonard asked, already regretting his decision a little.

Mikaela replied, with a tone that mixed urgency and mystery, "To Armeria's dungeon."