that.
“Not following,” he said. “I was looking for you. The Sage Academy didn’t get the storm, but we could see it in the distance, and then when Olivia came back without you, I knew I had to see if you were okay.”
“She didn’t tell you what I was up to?”
“Oh c’mon, she doesn’t really talk to me much. I think she still has this weird notion that I kept the two of you apart even though she’s the one that betrayed you.”
“I can take care of myself,” she said. “I’ve been saying that for…I don’t know. Since we’ve met.”
“I know, but we both know that you didn’t get this far by yourself either. And you shouldn’t be alone. Cimmerian is after you.”
“If they can get as far as Virga, then there’s nothing we can do to stop them from getting me.”
“You’re right. They’ve gotten as far as Cirrus. They’ve gotten even further.”
“Doesn’t that kind of annul your argument?”
“What I’m trying to say is that we should stick together.”
“Now that you’re done hanging out. Right.”
“What’s gotten into you?”
“Why aren’t you excited about going with me on my journey?”
“I…Remi, you know it’s crazy.”
“It wasn’t crazy a few months ago when I was your only friend and you were so in love with me that you couldn’t think straight.”
“I don’t think I realized what I was saying,” he admitted. “Since we’ve been at the Academy, I was able to hear a lot more stories about the Sorcerers, and…it doesn’t sound like we can do anything to change their mind, if we even get a chance to talk to them.”
“Then I’ll go by myself.”
“No, you’re not.”
“Who said that?” she asked, looking around her. “I could have sworn I heard someone telling me what to do when last time I checked, I was no one’s property.”
“I’m not trying to control you.”
“Yes you are. And I’m not even sure why. When was the last time the two of us hung out? Just the two of us?”
“I don’t know.”
“And yet, I’m willing to bet that you can count on one hand how many times you hung out with your friends since yesterday.”
“So that’s what this is? You’re jealous?”
“No, not at all,” she replied. “It’s the fact that I made up my mind to go on this mission, and I’ve been waiting for you to be ready. And then I learn that you’re not even seriously thinking of going, and yet, I still wait and give you time. I went to the parties you liked. I hung out with you and your friends without bringing it up, and when I got impatient, I asked them to come along. Now that they’ve refused, and you’re telling me that you’re not coming, what am I supposed to think? What am I supposed to do? I have to choose now. To stay with you, or go.”
“I don’t see how it’s a choice,” Kace said. “One is death, and the other is life.”
“To you it is, but not me. Sitting around and laughing as a very real threat comes to take away everything we hold dear bothers me. I’m not judging you. I love that you made friends, and I really want to see you be happy. I don’t want to control you either, and so…if you don’t want to go, you don’t have to. You really don’t.”
“But…Remi, you’ll die.”
“Or I won’t.”
“Remi, c’mon…”
“I won’t die.”
“If you’re going, then I’m going too.”
Kace couldn’t even hide the tears welling up in his eyes. “Then we’re going now,” Remi said.
“What?” he said, his voice breaking. He reached out for her instinctively but she dodged the attempt.
“We’re leaving right now.”
“We don’t have any supplies, and your clothes are wet, and we didn’t say goodbye to anyone!”
“So?”
“So? So? Remi, you have to prepare for something like this.”
“No we don’t,” she said, pulling back the part of her shirt that was covering her right shoulder. The tip of her eidolon was poking out. “And I would rather leave now because my eidolon
“Not following,” he said. “I was looking for you. The Sage Academy didn’t get the storm, but we could see it in the distance, and then when Olivia came back without you, I knew I had to see if you were okay.”
“She didn’t tell you what I was up to?”
“Oh c’mon, she doesn’t really talk to me much. I think she still has this weird notion that I kept the two of you apart even though she’s the one that betrayed you.”
“I can take care of myself,” she said. “I’ve been saying that for…I don’t know. Since we’ve met.”
“I know, but we both know that you didn’t get this far by yourself either. And you shouldn’t be alone. Cimmerian is after you.”
“If they can get as far as Virga, then there’s nothing we can do to stop them from getting me.”
“You’re right. They’ve gotten as far as Cirrus. They’ve gotten even further.”
“Doesn’t that kind of annul your argument?”
“What I’m trying to say is that we should stick together.”
“Now that you’re done hanging out. Right.”
“What’s gotten into you?”
“Why aren’t you excited about going with me on my journey?”
“I…Remi, you know it’s crazy.”
“It wasn’t crazy a few months ago when I was your only friend and you were so in love with me that you couldn’t think straight.”
“I don’t think I realized what I was saying,” he admitted. “Since we’ve been at the Academy, I was able to hear a lot more stories about the Sorcerers, and…it doesn’t sound like we can do anything to change their mind, if we even get a chance to talk to them.”
“Then I’ll go by myself.”
“No, you’re not.”
“Who said that?” she asked, looking around her. “I could have sworn I heard someone telling me what to do when last time I checked, I was no one’s property.”
“I’m not trying to control you.”
“Yes you are. And I’m not even sure why. When was the last time the two of us hung out? Just the two of us?”
“I don’t know.”
“And yet, I’m willing to bet that you can count on one hand how many times you hung out with your friends since yesterday.”
“So that’s what this is? You’re jealous?”
“No, not at all,” she replied. “It’s the fact that I made up my mind to go on this mission, and I’ve been waiting for you to be ready. And then I learn that you’re not even seriously thinking of going, and yet, I still wait and give you time. I went to the parties you liked. I hung out with you and your friends without bringing it up, and when I got impatient, I asked them to come along. Now that they’ve refused, and you’re telling me that you’re not coming, what am I supposed to think? What am I supposed to do? I have to choose now. To stay with you, or go.”
“I don’t see how it’s a choice,” Kace said. “One is death, and the other is life.”
“To you it is, but not me. Sitting around and laughing as a very real threat comes to take away everything we hold dear bothers me. I’m not judging you. I love that you made friends, and I really want to see you be happy. I don’t want to control you either, and so…if you don’t want to go, you don’t have to. You really don’t.”
“But…Remi, you’ll die.”
“Or I won’t.”
“Remi, c’mon…”
“I won’t die.”
“If you’re going, then I’m going too.”
Kace couldn’t even hide the tears welling up in his eyes. “Then we’re going now,” Remi said.
“What?” he said, his voice breaking. He reached out for her instinctively but she dodged the attempt.
“We’re leaving right now.”
“We don’t have any supplies, and your clothes are wet, and we didn’t say goodbye to anyone!”
“So?”
“So? So? Remi, you have to prepare for something like this.”
“No we don’t,” she said, pulling back the part of her shirt that was covering her right shoulder. The tip of her eidolon was poking out. “And I would rather leave now because my eidolon
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