Mikhael frowned in confusion at the command, "Not being in Kale when he returns...? But didn't Rajaka say he was going to come back to finish what he started? You'll be here like a bunch of sitting geese." looking at Maya incredulously, as though he was working out something in his mind about the situation, "I can't just abandon you all to such a fate, not when I have the only power to stop him." eyes pointing down, remembering their helpless defense prior, "I apologize, but I cannot follow such a plan. I will make way back to Kale by the eve of the year, learning all I possibly can in that time. If I have failed in become strong enough, I will die fighting alongside all of my people. I will have it no other way."

Mikhael didn't wait for a response to his defiance, having set his mind already. He glanced to Joshua and Ezekiel as he leaned on the bed, scooping his legs from underneath the covers. 

	"That would mean we have no time to waste, brothers. We have a lot of--" wobbling slightly, catching himself on the from of the wooden bed-frame, "Work to do." he sighed embarrassed, but continued regardless, nodding his head to the door, "Sitting here in this room all day won't do anything. Inform me the rest of the details of this journey as we walk."

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