He was utterly surprised at the sudden turn of events. So it seemed that his assertion was correct, here was one of the twelve, most likely one of the missing three that had not really revealed themselves. His source told him about the majority of the twelve that stayed in the heavens, but never about one that had stayed on Earth, but it was not really that far out. She really wanted to know what he was up to and Ben supposed he had no choice but to tell her now, before he met the same sort of punishment.

Then the women, who the man had grabbed, appeared next to the odd pair now in the streets. Around them a steady flow of onlookers watched and waited for what would happen. Some of them held shocked faces, others didn't look surprised in the slightest but all eyes were now on Ben.

Ben gave a small bow to the dryad goddess, "So, you are one the twelve after all? Your name remains a mystery to me still but you have persuaded me to talk and so I shall."

He looked around and sighed, "I had today planned and everything but fine. As we all know, the world is falling apart and there is no clear cut solution to the matter but I think I may have come up with a potential fix. I've exhausted all other options over the years and I keep coming back to the one thing that might know what happened on that fated day so many years ago."

He paused, letting the goddess take in the information before continuing, "When your... siblings died, they did something to the balance of the world that they most likely had no clue about. Amare surely would have thought twice before sacrificing himself if he knew that he was going to doom the humans anyway? So, we need to go to the place it all started and if my sources are correct, then your little brother hid an object that could unlock the planes. I think it was a key, I'm not really sure but I know its there, it has to be."

He looked down at the ground, his face became flushed with embarrassment. "The only problem we have is that no one knows where the city is in this plane. Strangely, the name and memories of this place were destroyed, only adding to my suspicions that something is hidden there that could save us all." He looked up at the Goddess again, "There is only one who knows where the city is now, the one who got locked away for his crimes. I'm sorry, but we have to go see Amos, the God of Hatred."

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