"I swear. She is literally the next queen of the forest elves. How can I compete with that? I was just a hunter from the farms!" Walker and Gil had gotten in to it on their futures. Gil had suddenly co to the realization that he had been getting very close to Alma. yet, the thought of their different statuses hit him all at once.
"So is being a hero title holder worth nothing? You are also an arcane marksman. Not even an arcane archer, but a step above, an arcane marksman!" Walker tried to drive this point ho. These were two things that spoke to Gil's status already. "Not to ntion how many different kingdoms recognize us by the pins and plaques we wear. And the adventurer tier we have. Oh, and founding mbers of the Genesis alliance, city of Genesis, and for you, the archer academy."
"I know all that. But I still can't make sure it would work out. I have no idea what is normal for elves. But she did write back every letter. She even sent ho with blue ivy seeds so that I could grow them too and add the poison to my arrows. I just don't know. What if she can't because of the whole future queen thing?" Walker had not expected that Gil was actually feeling this way. Out of all of them, Gil had held back and hidden this sort of thing.
"When we are leaving to battle the kraken, I am sure that Alma will co. You will have an entire journey to figure it out. Just be honest with her and yourself." This was the best advice that Walker had to give, he didn't want to be the reason things went poorly so he had to air on the side of caution.
"I know she will go on the journey to help the rfolk. She wouldn't allow everything to fall apart as soon as it started. The alliance needs to defeat that thing. That's the problem. She could get hur-"
"You will be there then. Just like brother will be there for Alice. You will be there and no one will get hurt." Onyx had made the interruption just in ti to keep Gil from getting back in his head.
"You know how she can control so plants as part of her skills right? Why don't you ask Rey for so underwater plants that grow fast? Maybe they can be of use to Alma in defense?" Gil grey wide eyed and nearly jumped up to hug Walker. He thought this was the perfect idea for him to do. It would ensure that she was safer and perfectly express his feeling.
"I'm going to find sothing. I know the master alchemists are in the alchemy guild right now. Rey would make fun of anyways. Well, I would make fun of her too so that's fair though." Gil lept up after cleaning his plate of the rest of his eggs. "I will see you later. I will grab my arrows and find a decent plant." Walker could only sit with Onyx and watch as Gil left in a hurry.
"So, Onyx, I saw you training with Rey and Alice. You have gotten really good at using light and dark spikes. I didn't know you could use your own shadow as fuel for a dark spike. It's a good idea." The change in topic was mostly to avoid awkwardness. But it was also so Walker and Onyx could bond a little since the last ti they had spoken one on one was when Onyx had decided to make his species a recognized intelligent race.
"It has been tough. I learned that shadows may all be connected in a way that I have yet to grasp. But just scratching the surface made able to use them more efficiently. I started to wonder why my body could hide partially in the shadows and out. I feel that I am sowhat balanced because I can consu and control light elental mana as well. It is peaceful in a way." This was true, the balance between normally opposing elental manas was peaceful and could birth new understanding.
"Well, since I have the ti I might as well ditate on that thought for a little while then sleep. I'm sure today will be busy and Midnight will have a lot of energy even though she's tired." The feeling of grogginess coming from Midnight was not sothing Walker could just turn off. He knew she was feeling this way and also extre excitent. In no ti he was certain that she would be returning to sleep herself. He also didn't know if she would want to remain in dragonkin form for so long.
"I will find a spot in the sun too." Onyx and Walker headed off together to find their place to rest themselves. While they did this, Gil had already just about made it to the alchemy guild.
As he opened the door he found crate upon crate stacked up and blocking the way to walk. "Just put the next ones wherever. I don't have room anywhere else." The old master alchemist shouted from the back and Gil was glad he could find him so fast. "I swear. Those elves brought enough herbs to fill the guild themselves. How will we bring anything else over? I sai- ah, Gil. I was just organizing so things." The was a tinge of red embarrassnt after the old master alchemist had been caught mumbling to himself.
"I can see you have your work cut out for you today. I hope you have a minute for to bother you?"
"Of course, you can bother us. We have ti. These crates have so runes on them to protect the herbs." Trish walked from behind a stack of crates more curious than ever as to why Gil was looking for them.
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