"Present myself?" He wheezed from the depths of his tar-ridden lungs, "I am Zelriane." His voice almost sounded as if it were choked out by a haze of smoke and barbed wire, similar to the voices that Old man Kario gave the serpent beasts in his tall tales. Was he a smoker? "I was told that this village holds a tome depicting a unique nature of void energy. [i]Fallen Under The Deep,[/i]" he asked cordially, just before dropping the corn in his hand and walking over to Oz, who towered over him in stature. [i]Fallen Under The Deep...[/i] The fiction novel that Angelica always read? Why was this guy interested in a fairy tale? "I'm in a hurry. Please advise, or get out of my way."

	Straight-forward little pipsqueak, wasn't he? Where did this guy get off acting so formal while [i]trespassing?[/i] And what was this nonsense about [i]magic??[/i]