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"For now, there's two options." I said. "You can either escape and go to my town in the south of the continent, it is far away, cold, but peaceful, you won't ever lack anything there, and people will treat you well. And once we're done here, you may choose to come back with your son."
"And the other is to stay here with us. We'll protect you, but we might also ask you to fight, and grow stronger, so you can protect your son and at the same time, fight for the city you've been born and grown into." I said. "Your son has a special power, something that might make him the savior of this city, or the desert… But he needs training to get stronger. To defeat monsters and Level Up."
"That's…"
Nia remained in silence, she probably wanted to go to safety, any mother would want that. And I wouldn't blame her if she went and left the rest up to us. In fact, I secretly wanted her to choose that so things would be easier for all of us.
