[h3][i][color=bc8dbf]Hitomi Sora ~ [sub][sup]Back from the dead for a reason.[/sup][/sub][/color][/i][/h3][hr] Not even a second after he'd finished speaking, a chorus of screams rose up outside. Faster than Aster or anyone else watching would've thought possible of the young man, Sora was outside the theater and scanning the scene for the source of the uproar. It only took a second for him to realize the caravan across the way was under attack, though by what was a question he couldn't answer. He crossed the square, getting back to the monastery just in time to hear Kelodie's brief explanation of what was going on. 

Sora took one of the stones from the bag just after Howell did, a bright blue gem which he held tightly, hidden perfectly in his closed fist as he stepped to the very edge of the shadows in the doorway, watching the scene outside for a moment as he thought. The girl's screams rang out louder than any noise he could remember, and he flinched at the sound. He felt the urge to go and help, or try to at least, but his conscience seemed slower to revive than the rest of him. Innocent people were never any of his concern before, why should they be now, when he really had nothing to gain from helping them?

He listened to Howell and Kelodie's conversation, until Kelodie ran off and Howell still stood there, lost in his own thoughts as the scene outside grew only more desperate. Sora saw one of the people from the caravan, a woman, starting to come over to the monastery. He left before she could get there, disappearing into the shadows as he reached the treeline, making his way over to the caravan. He wasn't sure why he was bothering to do this, he was right in thinking that he probably had nothing to gain from helping these people, but he also knew that he was not supposed to even be alive at all right now. If he was going to be an abomination, he might as well try to be a useful one, right?

A flash of colors caught his eye as he got to the caravan. A bird-like creature had appeared among the rest, and considering it was eating the little black [i]things[/i], it didn't seem all that friendly to them. He froze, taking cover behind a tree as the a few of the people's stray bullets came close to hitting him, before ducking out and tossing the strange little blue stone at the deer-shaped bird. It seemed to pass into the bird-thing's head, before the creature squawked one last time and dissipated into vapor, which then was sucked into the stone itself as it fell to the ground. He went to pick it up as a loud screech rang out from somewhere, causing all the other little beasts to run back into the forest. 

Sora glanced through the trees at the retreating monsters before turning to face the remains of the caravan. People were no longer shooting blindly at the air now, though he could hear some who were deeper in the forest, calling out the name of the taken child. He took a second to think before stepping out into the sunlight to address the people of the caravan. What would he say? He walked up to one of the small groups of men standing nearby, bowing his head slightly in greeting before he spoke. 

[color=bc8dbf]"Excuse me. I think, I may be able to help you get the girl back from those creatures. But, if I am to help you, could you help me first?"[/color] He gestured to himself, pulling the hood of his borrowed robe down as he did so the men could see his face. [color=bc8dbf]"I need a proper outfit, as well as some decent weapons since this,"[/color] He held up the blue stone, which now pulsed with a mixed orange and blue light, [color=bc8dbf]"Seems to have only one use."[/color]