Rajaka slowly made his way past the queen, but fell to one knee before getting anywhere near Mikhael. "Cheap shot, kid," He rasped through his burnt throat, "That's what I'm talkin' about, Maya." Rajaka coughed several times in succession, clutching his chest irritably. "Fucking kid disrupted my Ki. [i]My[/i] Ki! Who would of guessed it."

	"Still your... Tongue," Maya grunted, finally rising to her feet at a slow pace.

	"Yea," Rajaka grunted, "Yea..." The massive man rose to his feet and stomped towards Mikhael with determination. "Yea, kid, you'll do." The golden giant bent over and, as gently as he could manage, peeled the torn boy off of the ground. "Yeah-ha!"

	"What are you doing?!" Maya cried out in a panic. But as she was about to cast another spell, Rajaka turned to her and slowly made his way back with the boy cradled carefully in his hands. "What..."

	"You're gunna heal him," Rajaka ordered, while aiming a cough away from the boy's face, "You're gonna heal him, and then, I'm gunna tell Yzeira that you're [i]dead.[/i] Got it?" Maya glared at the giant, watching as he bald head slowly began to fuzz over with a light blond layer of hair. The burns in his flesh slowly began to heal as well. Why was he doing this? Did he have a sudden change of heart?

	"Why-"

	"This kid's gonna be a lot stronger than you, babe. [i]A lot stronger.[/i] I know for a fact that blood-eyed asshole 'aint gonna acknowledge him, though. If I brought him back to the tower like this, he'd be nothin' short of a sacrifice. So I'm gonna leave him here, and you're gonna keep him alive, understand me, princess?" The queen looked Rajaka over once in disbelief. But as he lowered Mikhael's body to the ground before her, he smiled and passed her by. "You've got maybe a year before he figures out that you aren't dead. I'll be back before then." Maya looked back at the towering giant for only a split second before she dropped to begin working on Mikhael, using arcane magics not often seen by her knights, or the villagers that lived in Kale.

	"Mikhael!" Maya hissed into the boy's ear, "Mikhael, can you hear me?"