Pylia put her arm out to keep you away. She couldn’t bare to look at your face. “Don’t... Don’t pity me. Don’t pretend to be sympathetic. You’re only saying these things because you’re stuck with me now. Stuck in these unknown lands and unknown people. You... you’re a prisoner here, don’t you understand? Whether you want to or not you...” Pylia started crying, but as she wiped her tears the salt just got into her eyes and irritated her face.

“You have to work with me... Because I’m... Im the only one who can bring it back home... There’s no one else left. You don’t really want to be here, to be with me. That’s why my god brought you here. To put you in this terrible situation where you have to be my friend or else you’ll never see your family again! What sick cruelty. And to think I... This was ever something I wanted...” lowering her arms Pylia fell back, her legs sprawling apart as the ocean waves washed over her body.

“I should have told you when we first met. When I saw you in the forest I knew you didn’t belong in this world. I knew and yet... I wanted to pretend. I played stupid. I kept quiet. I wanted to go on an adventure with you to fight monsters, against bad guys but... How pathetic of me to just expect you to drop everything for me. I am selfishly terrible...”