“Lead on the way captain!” Aya played along, as she released David and began to walk next to Cortez. “So, what makes you special enough to come to Athilia.” She asked rather blunt but still with a nice smile. She didn’t mean any disrespect. She was just curious. She wasn’t really amused by the fact that David had kept his powers a secret. Even for her. So she made a point of immediately confronting everyone on the subject as fast as possible. Of course, if she didn’t forget about it.

Normally David would have told her it was rude to say such a thing. But he didn’t. Instead he had just looked at his fingertips. They were turning black again but for no real reason. He wasn’t in danger. Nor was he excited in any way. After examining his skin he quickly followed after both girls.