Jaakuna was surprised that Aloa wasn’t going to go to Stigma right away, but she probably had other things to attend to before she made the trip. Instead, she would bid Jaakuna and Emiri farewell as she went deeper into the village. As she did, Jaakuna heard Emiri ask if Jaakuna was alright and that if anything happened in Stigma. Instantly, Jaakuna felt a certain worry inside him. Emiri didn’t know all the details. Jaakuna wasn’t even sure if Emiri even was aware of the fact that Stigma magicite mine of Anther was hit and that both her father and mother were caught in the explosion, with the latter being killed and the former in critical condition.

Taking himself out of his deep thought, Jaakuna breathed in deeply and let it out, which was when Jaakuna noticed Emiri’s hand holding his. He smiled at her. [b][color=ed1c24]“There was an explosion in Stigma.”[/color][/b] Jaakuna told her, [b][color=ed1c24]“Your parents..”[/color][/b] Jaakuna stopped himself, not even wanting to be the one to tell her that she might become an orphan today.

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Hearing Grant’s rather negative thoughts on the whole matter of how their luck seemed to be on the rare side, Savayna wanted to hit him for being so gloomy and on the pessimistic side, but she had to admit that there was some truth in the words that he spoke. It seemed that every time that the group, be it only two of them or all six of them, had at least one thing go wrong that would create a domino effect of a bunch of other unlucky things happening to them. That was when Grant would express his gratitude that after Ultima, he, at least, wouldn’t have any other reason to come back to Giruvegan. Savayna had to agree with that as well.

As Grant went on about his discontent with Giruvegan, Nadeline came into the conversation asking Grant that if he really was wanting for their adventure to end. Nadeline then pointed out that once they rid the world of Zodiark and anything having to do with evil, they wouldn’t be able to get together as they are right now, which she would further point out that that it really will be over before it even got a chance to even begin. That actually hit Wesley a bit hard. The fact that this might be one of the few times they would all be together really made it all so real to him. To think that after Zodiark and Shion’s group are gone, will the six of them really have any reason to still hang out as they have been? They’re all important people and each from different countries. 

As Wesley pondered further on everything that Nadeline and Grant had said, the latter one would bring up that he was tired of risking his life. However, he would raise the question on who out of the group would marry first. That sparked a general intrigue among the group. Though, before Wesley could even respond, Nadeline would grab his arm, prompting him slightly grunt, but he smiled at her as she looked all giddy. Nadeline would add her opinion on who would marry first and she would state that Jaakuna would be ready to settle down, so that would only leave the option of Nadeline and Wesley. 

[b][color=lightblue]“Um, hello!”[/color][/b] Savayna said clearing her throat as loud as she could. [b][color=lightblue]“Not even going to include Grant and I, huh?”[/color][/b] Savayna said with a slight pissy attitude.

Wesley eyes blinked as he looked at Savayna. He didn’t know that she had even thought about that. His gaze was on her, and then it shifted to Grant and back to Savayna. [b][color=silver]“Oh, I wasn’t aware that you two were--”[/color]

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“We’re not, but that doesn’t mean that we couldn’t be.”[/color] [/b]Realizing what she just said, Savayna’s face was beet read. [I][color=lightblue]Oh dear, what have I just done?[/color][/I]