Kaiver slowly started to wake up as he began to rub his face to wake himself up, beginning to stretch himself as soon as he got out of bed. Not eager to wake his wife up from the exhausting work from last night, he got out of bed quietly. He then made his way down the stairs silently to the bathroom just so he could clean up his face. For a brief moment, he could remember the voices in his dream and the dreams before during the past month just before he woke up. [i]Am I imagining things or did some divine voice spoke to me….[/i] He thought to himself as he looked in the mirror, only to be interrupted by the banging of the bathroom door that his train of thought was broken.

“Dad! I need to use the washroom! When will you be done?” The female voice was young, making it one of his young girls that was awake already.

“Just a second…” he said though the door and took a washcloth to wipe his face off of the water. He opened the door and looked down to see Krya for a moment as she passed him giggling as she took the door and shut it behind him. With a thought, he headed for the cupboard to see what she done, only to find a toad jump out onto his nightshirt as he opened it. He rolled his eyes as he grabbed the toad before it jumped off.

“Krya… What did I tell you about grabbing animals from the outside without my permission?”

“Sorry dad. I thought it would be funny prank for mom!” She said softly as she gave a pout on her face.

“It’s alright. Let me handle this.” He softly said as he hid the toad in the breadbox, shut the side door of the box, and washed his hands at the sink. The sound of the water splashing covered the sound of Haliyan’s and Mariha’s steps as he was distracted, only for his wife’s hands briefly cover his eyes.

“You’re up already? I thought you’d still be in bed with me after you’ve been placed on Town Watch.” His wife smiled and kissed him as he turned around to kiss her back on the lips.

“I’ve been having weird dreams lately. But don’t worry; it’s nothing to worry about.” He said, speaking back to her as he finished drying his hands.

“Still, I’m worried that you’re not getting enough sleep.” She spoke back as she was next in line to wash her hands.

“I said don’t worry. I’ve gotten less sleep and I was perfectly fine.” He told her as he rushed upstairs towards the bedroom to get dressed in his proper Ranger clothing and armor. Just as Mariha’s hands were just about dry, a few knocks on the door turned his wife’s attention to see who it was as she opened the front door to reveal Elder Lyontus.

“Elder Lyontus! It’s nice to see you today!” She said with a happy tone.

“Oh, the pleasure is mine, Mrs. Greisen. Perhaps your husband can assist me guiding my wares and me to the Festival?” The old man said at the door. “Um, also, may I come in, just for a moment?”

She smiled as she nodded and stood out of the way to let him in. “Come… Make yourself at home. Kaiver should be almost ready to go, so you can wait anywhere you like.”
Elder Lyontus sat down at the head of the table, looked at the breadbox, and gotten curious: wondering if any spare bread was left in it. Focusing his telekinesis on it, he made it levitate towards him so he could see inside. But as soon as the box gotten off the surface of the table, the flap of the breadbox opened and the toad jumped right out of it, landing in front of Haliyan’s sight, making her freak out of her half-asleep stupor. 

“Ew… Get it away from me!” She cried out as Kyra giggled in the background. “Mom! Sis just put a toad in the beadbox?”

Elder Lyontus looked at the toad and grew curious and eager to catch it as his attention was taken away from the bread and to the toad, thinking it could be useful in a potion. He began reaching for it as it croaked and hopped away from his grasp every time he reached for it, making Mariha try to grab it and help him as it hopped across the table, until Kaiver got back down in his outfit and grabbed the toad that was just about to land on Haliyan. 

“Don’t worry, its harmless.” He said to his eldest and smiled as he held the croaking toad in his hand.

“I don’t want to touch it! It’s gross!”

“No it’s not!” Kyra retorted

“Yes it is!”

“Children, we don’t want to be late for the Festival. Now get ready and dressed. You’ll have plenty of time to argue there.” Kaiver said to his children as he gave the toad to Lyontus and headed towards his wife to give her a kiss.

“Yes dad.” They both said unanimously.

He then took his attention to the three of them and gave the toad to Lyontus as the old man gleefully headed outside to store the toad in one of his empty jars. “I’ll see you at the Festival and I’ll meet you at Elder Lyontus’ potion stall.”

“Yes dear. Be safe…” She said as kissed him and started to get the kids ready as he headed out with his equipment.
He walked outside and shut the door to his home, as waved goodbye to them, hoping that they would be at the festival. He looked up and sighed at the sunrise in the sky and somehow his earthly duties were connected to the divine somehow, but he was willing to get to the bottom of this.

“Is there something wrong, Kaiver?” Elder Lyontus asked him with a curious voice as he got on the head of his cart being drawn by Kaiver’s horse that he borrowed from him.

“No, just been having troubling dreams that I’ve been having lately.”

“Really? Tell me, because I think I could help you somehow.”

“Not right now, maybe when we get to the Festival we could talk.”