"What...…..did you....wish for, Darius?"
"Why...wha...why are you crying? What happened? Darius, say something."
"Ariel, it's...."
"Scarlett?"
"Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh."
"I see."
"Can you do something? She risked her life to save mine...…at the cost of her voice.
Huuuuuuuuuuuu.
She's broken."
"She's not broken. Everything that can be mended will be mended."
"But how? Her voice is who she is. Without it she can't cast. Without it she can't fight. Without it she can't..."
"DARIUS!!!!!"
*Sniff*
"And all I could do was watch…..can…watch. I tried healing her but.....wait a minute. Can one of you heal her? Ariel, please. Does she get her voice back in the future? You can see, can't you?"
"I.....the Guardian is more powerful than I, and can thus see farther as well."
"Ruby? I'm begging you. As a friend, and embodied with Dragon blood, can you do nothing?"
"I...…I can see the past, and where things grow in the future."
"And?
...So that's it? Wow. The most powerful doesn't seem like the most powerful anymore."
"Darius."
"Frost-wing, Uni; what are you standing around for? Can you do nothing either?
...…..Ohhhhhhh. I see. Since the Guardian foresees all timelines, and Ben has shown that even the great and mighty you can die, that means the Guardian sees not only your timeline, but centuries ahead as well. I...…will retire to my room."
"Darius, wait."
"Noo."
"Ariel, why are you holding me back? He's right. If we can cause a storm and run down magic, why can't we repair a broken voice? I'll fnd that Conch, and I'll take it back myself."
"That....would be unwise. As your friend, and your Lead…..let him go. Help Jacklyn make something for..."
"Now I'm a task-rabbit? What happened to Warrior-Princess, or Night Teacher, or....or….."
"Please?
...…Good. Take Rainbows tablet with you and make sure nothing left....and nothing entered."
"Entered?"
"The sooner we can fix these Portals, the sooner we can close any rifts. Rainbow was there last time, but this is not last time. Still wish we had someone dedicated to holding the Tablet instead of passing it off. Feels very unsafe. That is the only thing we have connecting ourselves to Mother Nature's innerself."
"Mother Nature's innerself."
"Yeah, that's what I said. Why are you repeating me?"
"Ariel, you're a genius. You gotta walk before you can run."
"Uhhhh."
"THANK YOU."
".....Woooooooooo, slow down there, Ruby. You want me to burn you alive? I thought we made it clear that we are not to…"
"Sorry, Elwin. In a rush. Have you seen Jacklyn?"
"Hi to you too. She's upfront kicking the bucket."
"Huh?"
"Trying to take out her own air."
"Did you say hair or...JACKLYN!!!! Stop, stop, stop, stop."
"Ruby, what are you…"
*Watisssshhh*
"Ouch."
"I fought you once, I'll fight you again. What are you even doing?"
"Beating myself up. You saw me. I can take away people's air.
*Kick*
Wish I could do that to the Guardian."
"You heard, huh?"
"Earbuds!!!"
"Oh yeah. Forgot."
"You gave them to me to increase my range. No more whispering, I can hear it all...but I can't do anything to stop it. Wind is everywhere.....until it's not. Now I feel trapped like I too should belong in that Conch."
"But you're not."
"I feel helpless like I am the badguy."
"Jacklyn."
"All I can do is take, take, take. Turn people into Zombies…..take. Snuff out their light....take. Distract with hallucinations....take. When have I ever given....physically given?"
"....You gave us these suits, and a fresh new start."
".....Is that Rainbows tablet?"
"Ariel gave it to me...….to I think give to you. Here you go."
"Thanks. You want me to build something for Scarlett, she said."
"I.....*Scratch, scratch,* uhmmmm…yeah. She was hoping you could do something since air is kinda your specialty."
"It's not kinda, Ruby. It is."
"Sorry."
"Have her walk around with a pet."
"Excuse me."
"That way she can talk to it and it through her. I'm not going to wire her up to Rainbow if that is what you were thinking."
"I.....just how low of a whisper can you actually hear?"
"Low enough.
Her dream is to play with Stuffed animals, and sleep on an actual cloud bed. One she can sink into and not drown."
"I keep on forgetting that not only do you hear everything we say, but you also take the time to help us through everything we say."
"I'll see if we can get a doll made for Scarlett. That way she can control it on her own and not have me babysit."
"Thank you, thank you, thank you. Where would we be without yo….
*Shick*
.....A little help?"
"You'd be stuck in a wall, Ruby. That's where you'd be."
"I'm sorry. Still can't control it. You can take the Ghost out of me, but you can't take me out of the Ghost."
"That makes no sense. Now hold still. This will hurt me more than it will hurt you."
"Very funny."
"On three I'll pull. One...….two...….three."
"Ummm.....Do you want me to repair that wall?"
"No need.
*Snap*
Now if only humans were just as easy to control as rocks."
"We're not rocks, Jacklyn. We're Sheep...and as such, we always need a Shepard."