“You guys are doing better and better.” Everyone was exhausted on the floor of the training room after another training session. The one that was mostly okay was Carter. “Are you guys okay?” I helped them to a banech “I swear I made adjustments to the training to be lighter” I gave Ozwald a water bottle “no is just that you can feel summer right around the corner is so hot today” Niko complained while fanning himself with his hand “we should go to the beach during the brake before finals” Ozwald and I looked at each other and pulled our phones at the same time “a beach like this one?” I pointed at a picture in my phone, white sand, cerulean water, and some BBQ happening, “Where do you wear this kind of clothes?” Ozwald showed her different pictures of people in different clothing, some were light fabrics, big hats, and a few had just the minimal amount of clothing. “Let me guess, you two have never been to a beach before, right?” We shook our heads.

  Carter smiled, “Well, perhaps you could convince me to take all of us to the beach next week.” “And how exactly do we convince you to do that?” Ozwald asked, Carter moved his finger form side to side “well first of all we will need money to found our trip, for gasoline, food and everything else” “that’s a pretty normal thing I guess” he pointed at me after I finished my sentence “and Banna you have to help me clean my garage to find some things we will be needing” I knew it couldn’t be this easy, “we could all help that would make it faster” Niko said “no can do Nikyboy, the stuff my folks have in there is big and heavy me and Banna have this don’t worry” I don’t really mind helping with the cleaning I was expecting more demands but he keep it pretty normal “all right I will help you Marten just tell me the day you need me, on the other hand we need to go to the mall Ozwald to get suitable clothing for the trip, we should also inform Miss Lulu of out activities, we could write it as investigating for Titan activity or Otis so it will incress the chances of getting permission”

  “Oh, Carter sweetie, is that your exchange student friend?” Carter brought me to his house a few days after our plas were made, his house was what I would call a normal suburbian house, two floors and a garage, I waved my hand at his mothere “Greating Ma′am my name is Higen Banna, I am in fact the student from New Zeeland” her mother covered her mouth whit her hand “my, what a proper young man, I hope some of that rubs on you Carter” his face turned red quickly and he shoved me to the garage “Mom! Stop embaresing me please” she waved and laghed a little as I was pushed away.

  “Your mother is lovely,” I said as I moved a big box of books to the corner. “She is like any single mom, I have a part-time job to help her with the bills, you know?” I knew he worked somewhere, and he asked to be paid for his future work at Tartaros, but I wasn’t expecting the reason was this: “So who is the knight at your house?” The question was surprising: “Why the sudden interest, Carter?” “I mean you just meat my mom so I got curios, come on” I picked up another box and start to move it “my dad… was the knight he was the general of the armada im supposed to follow in his steps” is been a while since I tell anyone about him, “Ruri Banna the pride of Elisya he trained me and all, I wonder what he would think of me now?” he gume a little bum on my shoulder “hey come on Hig, he would think you are awesome, you are a grate knight and a grate football player just the latter is enough to be a great son here” I rubbed the top of my hand “Marten can I be honest with you?” he nodded “dude, yeah whats on your mind?”

  “I know that I'm a good person and knight, but am I normal for… you know likeing Ozwald?” he rized and eyebrow and let me continue “I mean… most of my life I′ve been told the thing that is next for me is to have a bride and… kids but I don’t want that not then and not now, I know nobles have any kind of lovers they want but I don’t know what is going to happen when I returen with Ozwald, is my mother going to accept I wont give her an herir” he made an annoyed face at me “listen Banna…” he grabbed a magacine and rolled into a tube, he then bashed me over the head with it “what are you going to do? You grab the pipsquik and kiss him in front of the whole court, and if anyone gives you the stink eye, you say, “Yeah, I like him, and if anyone has a problem with that, then they can go fornicate thyselfs.” Are you really going to leave him just because of what others think?” I took the magazine from him and returned the bashing.

  “Of course I do not want that!!! I like Ozwald, he is great, he never gives up and helps everyone.” he smiled, “then you have your answer, dude… oh that’s what we are looking for.” During our rampage, we knock over some things, Carter knilled and took a black metal thing from the ground. “What is that?” I asked him and gave him a hand it was quite heavy “this is my old grill, if we are going to the beach we should have a BBQ right?” my eyes shined at the mention of food, “you know how to make this BBQ bissnes?” he smirked proudly “well of course your Highness, my old man might not be around much but the times he was he taught me a thing or two” I feel a little sadden by his remark “where is he, if it′s not too much to ask” “nah, is fine, happened a long time ago, he is in jail, growing up as the chield of a criminal was hard, maybe that’s why I turned into a bully to not be bullied again” “well now you are better I think im happy we manage to turn a new leaf… are those?” he looked to his right “the fishing roads?, yeah me and my dad used to go fishing, do you want me to take them too? We could fish at the beach,” I nodded. “Yeah, I would like that, thanks, Carter.” We finished tidying up the garage by the end of the day.

  We arrived at the beach the next week, I was designated to be the one that asked Miss Lulu for permission for this trip it was difficult at first considering I shoot an RPG recklessly two months ago “for as much as I don’t want to say this, you all have come a long way for that I believe you five deserve a reward, take the weekend off use the beach house Tartaros owns, remember to leave it clean, but, do investigate for Titans activities or anything else and no staff, no shackles or gloves unless is necessary are we clare?” I went back to be prim and proper like I used to do back in Elysium “understood, we will infore you of anything we find” part of me knows that o don’t have to pretend around Mr. Lulu, but another part of me cant help it when a figure of power talks to me is like a switch turned on my brian and I just want to say the right thing.

  I use the key Miss Lulu gave me to open the house we were told we could use it wasn’t extrabagant a cottage with some rooms, kitchen, bathroom and dinning room, Niko zoomed around taking pictures with a camera that automaticlay created pictres out of nowhere, Carter started to unload his bags and Donna′s, while Ozwald was sitting on the sandie porch, I walked and let myself fall next to him “copper coin for your thoughts?” I asked him, he looked back at me and smiled “I was just looking at this place, I have never seen something like this” I throwed my arm around him “yeah, me nether the closest I have seen are rivers but the sea is amazing and the breaze feels greate” he pointed with his head as he stood up “come on, we need to unpack and get something for breakfast if we want to go to the market in town to preper for the day” I followed him to the car for our bags.

  The market was set on a pier stalls and buildings made from wood lined up to make walls, each stall sold different things form clothing, jwellery and other trinkets to food stalls that sold fresh fishes and other sea food, fresh fruit and a butcher shop for meat I togged on Carters shirt before him and Donna when to explore the market he looked annoyed at me “what?” he barked at me I cannot believe I have to say this I just murmured instead of actually saying anything, he catched what was happening and smilled teasfully “im sorry your highness I didn’t catch that what did thou said?” I blushed and puffed my cheeks in exasperation. “Ar…Are we going to the fishing hut for fishing tomorrow?” he kept his smile and raised his tomb “Sure, see it wasn’t so difficult to pander to me, right?” Donna gave him a small chop to the back of his head. “Babe, come on, don’t tease Higen; it's too easy.” he rubbed the back of his head and walked to a few stalls to look at the wares.

  “Remember to check your phones, you two!” Niko yelled at them, then he looked at us and sighed, “I guess I′ll go over am… somewhere wouldn’t want to be the third while” he started to walk slowly to the left as I put my hand on his shoulder, “what are you saying, Niko, you are coming with us!” I informed him, and he got really happy that he didn’t have to be alone. “But, but, but I mean, are you sure?” Ozwald grabbed his other arm “Come on, we should take pictures with weird glasses and hats, oh look that one looks like a jellyfish!” he let us drag him to the stalls and try on different hats and eyewear “alright, alright a few pictures and then I will let you two have some alone time for kissing under a palm tree.”

  Carter and I walked to a more desolate part of the market, where fewer people were lurking, “Carter, why are we here? Isn’t there more fishing huts around the pier?” I asked him, im not unfamiliar with places that for lack of a better term look this shady but I don’t want Carter to be hurt just to get some bate he wabed his hand to calm me down “Relax Hig, there′s this one place here that has the best bate and magots for the trip” we walked a few more stalls until, alone in the shady of a cloud stood a fishing Hut, the singe on it read “Maw of the beast” it was also decorated with an ominus looking maw of a shark, Carter waisted no time and knocked on the door “Com′in” a groggy voice came from the inside of the hut as we let ourself in.

  It wasn’t as I expected it, the walls had all sorts of fishing implements form roads to harpoons, fishing tackles and a glass container full of durt and worms moving in them, the pungnant stench of fish′s guts floting in the air along side the smell of tabaco been burn, an older man was sitting on the other side of the conter, pipe in hand and waving a now unlith match he looked at us with his only eye; I instincltly touched my now recovered eye and wondered if I looked like him with my eyepatch while I had it, he smiled pipe still in his mouth “welcome strangers, to the Maw of the beast how can I help ya?” the man asked us with out taking his eye off me, I smiled back “greedings and salutations Sir. We are here for the best bate and tackles my friend told me you can provide” he squinted his eye at me walked around his counter and lean against it, he ehalied a puffy cloud of thick smoke “that your friend lad?” he pointed at Carter with his pipe, I nodded entusiasticly “yes sir. I′m very exaited about fishing again and we need only the best and strongest things to do so” he made a smirk with his lips “the strongest eh?” Carter rushed past me and addressed the man directly, “Wow, wow, wow, wait, he is very pure and innocent, he doesn’t know what he is saying.” The man laughed loudly, “That checks out, no offence lad, but I don’t think you can handle my strongest things, you, on the other hand, might.”

  “no, sorry, we are here for bate, tackles and some other recreations if you catch my drift pal” he made a singe with his hand I didn’t understood “ohjojojo, I do if you have the coin I have the wears lad” he hinghile form his pipe and waited for Carter to give him money in his hand “be right back boys fell free to look around for a moment while I preper your things” he went back to a door behing his counter as I spinned Carter around and looked concerned at him “what the hell was that Marten?” “Relax like I told you we bought some bate and tackles and something extra for the party” he smiled nervously and I squinted hard at him until he broke, he sighed deffited and admitted “look is noting bad… Donna wanted to see if you guys would be interested in trying some special cookies tonight and he has the “special” part” I understood what he meant “Special as in dangerous or special as in drugs?” I asked politely, “You have them in your realm?” I rolled my eyes. “Of course we do! You think the high class only gets happy with wine and med?” he laughed. “So have you ever…” I flicked his forehead, “Absolutely not, I'm the paragon of health and pure, I won't succumb to 'special'… and the ocelot that lives in the black mirror would be disappointed in me!”

  He frowned by my allegation, I sighed maybe I don’t do them but I know they are not dangerous “look just becose I don’t, doesn’t mean I will stop you guys just be safe and know I′ll be there to look after you guys” he hugged me “oh man I didn’t tought you would be cool” “excuse me? Im very cool a lot of people think so like Ozwald and… Ekaterina” he laughed “yeah Ozwald is the mayor of cool right I forgot, and if you want a try theres going to be enough for everyone” I was about to replay when the owner cambe back with a bag for us. “lads here is your order the goods are at the bottom” he handed the bag to Carter he whent trough it and nodded, “by the way, you, the boy scout” he pointed at me “yes sir?” I asked, worried he might think I was going to tell on him, but instead he dropped something on his counter, a golden medal with the seal of the Banna house. “You the kid of Ruri?”

  “and what did you do Higen?” when we returned home I told Ozwald about what happened at the fishing hut we were sitting on a sofa infornt of the black mirror of this place, I srughed “Well Carter took my hand and dragged me out of the hut, you know, I can be very honest and I didn’t know what to say, my father never told me about a sailor, plus we don’t give medals with our house seal lightly” he caressed my head with small strokes to calm me down I buried my face on his shoulder as if I was looking for an answer for the current situation “Ozie what is wrong with Higen?” Niko asked as he turned the mirror on “he had a difficult day, so what are we watching?” he started to scratch the back of my ear, eventhough im a noble and most get this tritment form their staff members I have never been treated this way, I really like when Ozwald pamper me I think I can diy happily now, “who wants a snack?” I immediately opened my eyes and separated myself from Ozwald.

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  Donna had a tray of cookies with her she placed them on the table I squinted at her “relax Hig this are actually normal doble chocolat chips” Carter slammed a container with more cookies on the table “and this have the special ingrident” I sighed, Niko looked at the other cookies and Ozwald was confiused “oh my I didn’t know it was going to be this kind of party” Niko said with a little smile “what are you saying guys?” Carter pulled Ozwald into a hug “you see young Ozie this have what we like to call the devil lettuce, the aztarto arugula or pot” Ozwald ohed when he heard that last part but he was also intrigued I grabe dhis hand “so listen this is the good shit so take it easy and Ozie if you are going to partake take half maybe a forth” Donna indicated, Ozwald nodded and grabbed half a cookie, Niko ate one, and Donna and Carter ate two each, Ozwald was about to bite into his but he stopped “is this okey with you Higen?” he lookec concerned at me I laughed nervously and waved my hands “sure, I wont but I′ll make sure everything is okey, and I will take you to bed if it gets too hard” the others laughed teasingly “n…not like that guys!”

  After some time everyone started to mellow out, Niko put on the mirror a movie I believe is consider a horror movie about a group of friends that went to the forest for a documentary I looked back at Ozwald he was looking at the movie “Ozwald… are you okey with he movie chose? I do believe you don’t like scary things” he slowly looked at me and slowly toched the tip of my nose “you don’t have frakeles like me… your sking is silky smooth I like it” I didn’t know this pot would make him more adorable he made a gesture with his finger indicating me he wanted me to get closer he bumped his head with my ear “Did you know my hair is strawberry color?” I nodded, he looked to the sides to make sure nobody else was litening, Donna was laying on Carter′s lap while Niko was watching the move from the floor “I put some in my mouth but it tast like hair” I was going to burst into laughter but I restrained myself the movie continued as the guys were laughing at nothing or gasping at random moments, Ozwald lean his head on my chest and by the looks of it he was ready to go to bed, I carried him infornt of me carefully not to disturb him and we whent to our room.

  I placed him on the bed, took his shoes off, and tucked him in. I was about to return to the living room when I felt he was holding my hand, “don’t go… Higen”, I′m not sure why I started to blush, was it his low tone of voice? Or maybe the trip? But I felt my heart was raceing “but… but I told everyone I would look out for them” I wasn’t expecting Ozwald to pull me down into the bad with him after I landed he placed himself on top of me, he laughed a little “you are my boyfriend, I think the others can survive for five minutes with out you, right?’” I laughed too out of nervousness. Why is this different? Is not like we haven’t kissed at home while we are alone, but it never went past that, is… is this his way of telling me something?

  He keep kissing me for a moment, he is never this intens he is generally shy about it but now is like… like im looking at a different Ozwald, I fel his hand going under my shirt and when I felt his touch on my chest I knew why, in a suddent motion I flip him over and restrain his hands above his head “what a naughty knight you are” he said while laughing “cut the act, I know is you Allure!” Ozwald′s eyes cracked and darkened as his hair grew longer. “What gave it away? My playful deminor or that Ozwald would never check your gums with his tongue?” I tightened my grip on his wrist. “The only thing that is keeping you alive is the fact that you are currently possessing my boyfriend, so I suggest you go back to the shadows you crawled out of,” he laughed again, “You know… I was meaning to ask, is that a sword in your pants, or are you just happy to see me?” I instinctively slapped him on the face, and then I remembered he was Ozwlad. He just laughed and said out loud, “Harder Higen!!!” I heard the laughing of my friends and their oohing from the living room.

  “Believe it or not, I'm not here to publicly humiliate you, nor for what′s between your legs, I'm here to ask you something. Once you answer, I will consider leaving,” I growled. He took it as a yes and continued, “Good, why do you reak of pride? And I don’t mean like your usual pride stench you reak of a horrible pride a smell that is deeper than the night and as powerful as the sun” I was confiused “I don’t know what you are talking about” he sighed “listen I understand you don’t trust me but let me tell you, whoever has that smell cant be your friend more than that they will not hastitate to harm you or others” “Right, and I should totally believe you, because you surely would never try to trick me” Allure laughed and try to wiggle his way out of my grip “listen Knight” he said in a sharp voice “you can believe me or not, but don’t come running to me when Ozieboo gets gutted” Ozwald′s eyes started to go back to normal and his hair started to shrink in a moment Ozwald was still held by my hands as he awoken “eh? … Higen why are you over me and holding my hands like this?” it took me a moment to compose myself “I have a good explanation for this, I swear!”

  I know is bad and that I shouldn’t be going out before the sun rise but I need to know about this sailor my father knew, after the explanation I gave Ozwald he seem to not remember been under the influence of Allure he went back to the others and was also confiused about their behavior after a while we all went to sleep but I needed answeres so I left the house before anyone was awaken to look for the man, he was infront of his hut with a fishing rod and a flask, sitting, waiting for something to bite he noticed me and wabed for me to sat next to him “Hello Lad came to ask me about you dear old pa?”

  I took my seat and nodded. He offered his flask to me, “Want a sip, lad?” “I′m just seventeen sir” he narrowed his visible eye not in annoyance but in amuzment “right, right, probably like your old man, always doing the right and boring thing, whats your name lad?” he put his flask away and pulled his pipe to smoke “I′m Higen Sir” after lighting his pipe he extended his hand “name is Abel, I sail the seas and sell some goodies” I shook his hand as his rod started to move but he pay it no mind “are you not going to fish that one?” “nah too small wont be worth anything, I only hunt for the big boys” the rod stop moving I didn’t need to ask anything “I remember your old man even tough it was 10 years ago it feels like yesterday he joined my crew for a moment not more than two weeks but fuck if that man didn’t know how to win over anyone, bet the old crew would love to see the son of that son of a bitch” he took some breaths from his pipes and let go a big cloud of thick smoke.

  “oh… a… I would love to meet them if possible” Abel shook his head and pointed to the sea “they are there, on a vogage, the last one we had with out yer pa, a monster sunk our ship” his words shook me, so far his tone has been kind but when he recounted this part it felt different “that bastard… that beast attaqued us out of nowhere we didn’t even saw it coming, it was relentless like a storm and angry like the gods of the sea, we had no chance against it, in a few tackles the ship broke in two and one by one I saw as it devoured my crew… my friends, but I endure and with a little pick me up from yer pa I managed to survive” he pulled one of my father′s old knifes and stabbed one of the wooden post in the pier “that knife save my life, in all of this years has never gone dull” any weapon that goes into the gloves becomes more durable and stranger then regular weapons, I look at the knife quickly to spot the logo of Ozwald′s family store, I found it near the hilt a flame encase in a circule, of curse Ozwald′s father made this knife “had to tie this lil guy to one of my harpoons to hurt that bastard that damn shark”

  The more he talks about this monster, the more it sounds like a titan, but if that is the case, why didn't my father didn’t stay to kill it? Why did he leave them to die? “Able, why did my father leave your crew?” “donnno, we all march to our own compass, maybe he returned home to his young lad he always said “my son this, my son that” it was difficult to make him not talk about you lad” I was only seven, I couldn’t have made anything worth talking about let alone brag about “how is the old devil anyways?” he finaly asked me something I looked at the sea, at the waves crashing down on the shore “he… passed away a few years back, it was sudden and well it…” with no hesitation Able hugged me I was cought off guard “that sucks son, im sure he what ever happened to him he fught that bitch death with tooth and nail im sure it was difficult, are you okey?” my hads begain to shake, nobody asked me how I feel about the situation everyone expected me to move on immediately.

  “to be honest is difficult… a lot of difficult things are happening and I wish he was here to guide me or help me with my problems everyone expectes me to be just like him, brave, strong, desisive and the last time I was I hurt the most important person in my life I′m not sure I could ever be like him” he took some puffs of his pipe and gesture to look at the water “you see that?” I nodded I could see my reflection on the surfice of the water and Able′s reflection next to me “who′s there?” I was confiused by his question “what do you mean is you and I” he nodded “exactly, it′s not Ruri and I you need to stop trying to be someone else son, kids aren’t supposed to be carbon copies of their parents” he smailed “tell you what bud, tomorrow I′ll be hunting that bastard that kill my friends, say…” he looked straight into my eyes, I swear could almos see a faint glow in his only eye “will you join my crew?”

  After a little while of talking with Abel, I swiftly returned home. I found Ozwald preparing breakfast for everyone. “You woke up early, Higen. Did you go for a run or something?” Niko asked me, “well I went to talk to the man in the fishing hut, and he told me there's a Titan in the sea.” Niko spat the juice he was drinking. “Of course you would look for work during our vacations, Banna,” Carter complained. Donna helped clean the spilled juice from the table, “and what? Is it believable? I mean no ofence but the man sells pot. I don’t think he is a reliable narrator. “I know, and normally it would be hard to believe, but he was a friend of my dad, and if he is serious about it, we are looking at a big one this time.” Ozwald served me some waffles and butter

  “We could look into it, I mean, we are here for that too, remember? The range of Tartaros does not reach this place. When is he going?” I hug his torso, I'm glad he believes me “tomorrow at sunrise” Niko perked up “cool that means we have today to have fu,n and then we can go into our death!” “guys listen I don’t think this is going to be a normal fight, for what Abel told me this one has consumed fourty people at least, and was capable of sinking a ship you can come but be careful alright” they all nodded with a tace of grimace in their faces, tomorrow we will have a hard trial ahed of us but for now we whent to the beach to have some normal fun in the sun!

  Danna, Niko and I went a head to set up the place we will be using, we already changed into our swimming suits Donna warped a beach sarong around her legs and adjusted her summer straw hat, I head a loud THUD and noticed a guy had crashed against a plam tree and still was looking at Donna, Niko had a normal cyan colored swim trunks and his camera around his shoulder he was carring the cooler with the meat Carter is going to be making in the grill, I stooked the big umbrella in the sand and placed a few towels undernet it, I had a black and red swim trunks, Donna helped me braid my hair to keep the sand out of it, as I didn’t want to show my back, I also wore a light shirt with a flower pattern “Ozie… is that a book? You brought a book to the beach?” Donna scolded me. I covered my face with the book, “Well… I didn’t know if I was going to get into the water… I don’t know how to swim” I deflected the real rezon I didn’t want to go into the water Donna smiled playfuly and pointed “I mean, one of those two hot guys could help you with that” Carter and Higen were moving the heavy grill and my jaw was on the ground “Ozwald, you look really relaxed, That’s a rear sight!” He placed a bag with a beach ball and some other things to do,and he was also wearing a multicolored necklace of flowers and goggles around his neck. “Oh… You are looking at my trunks. I went back to the store, and they found one last limited edition Zoofice trunks. Look, the back has a tanuki tail pattern!”

  I tried to speak, but only little squeaks came out. Higen turned concerned, but Donna placed her manicured hand on my shoulder, “oh he said he liked it, almost as much as I′m liking that hunk over there with the grill.” Carter smirked and flexed his arms. “oh you are enjoying the view?” Niko coughed, “Guy,s we are in public, and you promised to keep the weird flirting to a minimum.” We all laughed. I did it to get over the awkwardness. “You ready to go, Donna?” Higen asked and cracked his knuckles, “Oh, you want to fight me?” She flicked her hair. “Bring it, Knight!” Higen threw the volleyball into the air and spicked it over the net, Higen didn’t contain and the ball was shoot near Donnas location, her hair moved in the air by the force of the wind “I see you still have a grudge from the arcade” she said and picked the ball up, Higen shurged “I don’t know what thou means” they keep at it for a while ended in Higen′s win “Oh crap I forgot the started for the coal…” Carter made the hand gesture he does when summoning his gauntlet, and I quickly hit him in the head with the book I had, “The heck, pipsqueak!” “You can't use your shackle for that, Carter,” he rubbed his head and pouted, “I was just going to make a tiny spark, how else are we going to get the BBQ going on?”

  Niko coughed, “Oh, if only you knew a… I don’t know a Latino who makes Carne asada every other weekend, gosh, where could we find one?” “Okay Mr. Maestro chef the floor is yours” Carter stepped aside and let Niko work “So you see first you make a pyramid with the coals, then” Niko ripped through the cardboard bag of caol and drenched the pices in oil “with this you just lite it up with the lighter” Niko procided to light the pices of carbord until some embers formed with in the coals “Now, Carter pick that paper plate and give the tower a good fanning!” Carter fanned the coals, and in a moment flmaes rouse up, and embers crackled, the pyramid soon fell, but now the coals were ready to start cooking. “Wow, Niko, that was awesome.” I high-five him, he smiled, “Je, yeah, I know I'm the best, so now you can start grilling.”

  “…” I was looking at Hiegn with some annoyance as he, after telling me he won the volleyball duel, dragged me to the water. “I swear I didn’t know you couldn’t swim!” he apologized while holding me. “Big Guy, where in the Underworld would I swim?!?” He mumbled for a moment, “I… It′s okay, there′s no current here, so we will be okay, and eventually Niko or Donna will bring a floating device in the shape of a pink bird so you won't die!” I pressed my body harder against him I don’t want to sink into a watery grave “… hey Higen now that you and I are alone can I ask you something?” he nodded “But of course!” he said his eyes locked on mine “tomorrow when whe fight that titan… are you… going to use…” he looked sadly to the side “The lament of Sigurd? You know that I use it when the situation calls for it.” I shook my head, “It′s different now!” I told him, “Ozwald,” and I didn't let him continue. “We have the guys, and I am stronger now; I can use divine incantations. I can level the fight. You don’t have to use that armor!” he kissed me on the forehead and sadly smiled, “You know I trust you fully, right?” I nodded, “Then you have to do the same thing.” “But!” “Ozie, I will keep you safe and only use it if I don’t have any other choice.”

  I lightly tapped him on his chest with my fist. “It's not fair…” I cry, “Why does it have to take your body from you?” I can heal wounds to an extend my healing words aren’t the best but as emergency healing while Dr. Cambel′s arrive and do some work, but I cant heal when that armor takes Higen′s body functions form him, I try to heal his eye until my throat bleed but I just couldn’t, and the tought that it could take his hearing, or his arm or worst kept me awake at night for a while “It′s complicated… I remember my father using it with no drawbacks but he… was gone before he teach me how” he held me tighter against him when he said the last part “I wont let that piece of junk take you form me, so I will not be a burden” he moved a sting of hair form my face “I know you wont… look here comes Carter” I dragged his head to mine and kissed him in the lips for a moment “If you die I will revive you so I can kill you, you heard me, you are not allowed to die!” he solemnly nodded as Carter helped me back to shore.