Ayrie wasn't so sure he could hold onto that feeling if what Wrath had said was true, but she hoped that he was right. She had always been just Ayrie, and if that changed now to the detriment of her life she wasn't sure she could handle it.

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"Gerrick, where are you going? You're not going to find her without help from a local, and in case you hadn't noticed, they are all shying away from us." Darrin was trying to keep up with his slightly more spry-for-his-age counterpart.

"I'll knock on every door if I have to to find someone to tell us where she is." Gerrick said, not slowing in the slightest. "I'm not going to bed without knowing where she is."

"Gerrick, if you continue you could get us in trouble. She said not to worry about her, I agree she's not under our control but you know as well as I she wouldn't betray us." Darrin caught his compatriot's arm at last and spun him around. "We need to go back, we need to wait. Two old men with no powers cannot demand information in a city like this."