it was of my understanding that many beasts can be consumed by people but in the long run, people started to develop a frame of some sort of illness if they keep consuming it, it is best to let it disintegrate by itself, Anre and Yun keep bickering like an old couple while Parker and I checked on Marston to see if he was alright after his procedure, “yes Mr. Hertworth would recover just fine he is conscious right now but your visit is going to have to be quick” we nodded and walked to his bead, he had an IV tube connected to a bag of serum and his heart beat seemed to be fine.

“looks like I'm going to make it, tell Anre to suck it!” we laughed “How are you feeling?” Parker asked “Better after they give me the good morphine” “What are you going to do now Marston?” “well I´ll go back home and tell my family we have to move even if Couffield can't do anything to voice I will always put the safety of my family above all else, I have family in Navori so that’s a good place to move to” Parker took off his glasses and clasped his chest “I´m sorry… I” I looked at him he was crying big tears rolling down his cheeks “Hey come on man shape up” “It's my fault… all that happened to you is my fault, now you have a target on your back and have to run and hide because I try to talk to you” “Parker…” even with my gift turned off I could feel his sorrow and guilt how it's eating at him form the inside, “Hey, look at me!” Parker lifted his head “I chose to answer you and now you have” he pointed at me “a girl that needs you to be strong”

He stopped the tears from his eyes “I don’t know anything about prophecies or gifts but I know that you three now have to be responsible for a teenager, you are now role models, teachers, and guardians, so stand straight and be the best Parker for Karolin” Parker straightened his back and clear his eyes “you are right, we will meet again and when we do I´ll show you we are not monster!” the shook hands but Marston made a painful face “oooo…okay maybe a need more rest before doing hat” with a final laugh we left the room and Marston behind but before we meet with everyone else I had to ask “Parker what do you know about Yun?”

“why the sudden curiosity? Shouldn’t it be better to ask him instead of me?” I interlocked my fingers and told him what happened at the maw and at the boat “I didn’t notice anything like that cracks and mirrors surely interesting” “You believe me?” I was honestly wowed by his response, he nodded “It could be a side thing of your gift, considering it relates to minds and hearts maybe you picked our feelings as something like a passive effect that can't be turned off, listen is not my place to be talking about my friends past all I know is Yun had a very bad time at his old home town and judging by his aversion to the train I can only infer that its related to that maybe we can find out more when we get to the Valley, if you want to let Anre and Yun know about what you saw on us is up to you, however, I wouldn’t recommend it since it can put a toll on the others possibly aggravating the situation with Yun” I don’t really want to upset Yun anymore than he already is I´ll try to bring it to light in a better moment for them, we returned to the lobby and started our way to the mayor´s office.

“That was probably an interesting cover-up story I haven't heard in a while, you have a quick-witted friend in your ranks” The mayor was sitting behind his desk as he lectured us on the events that happened earlier “What gave us away?” Parker asked “Well mostly the fact that none of you possess an actual Hunter license or appear in the database of any order kind of give it away” the man sighed we were all on edge as the thought of us returning to the maw started to fill the room, “settle down all of you, I'm not sending anyone to the maw, quite the contrary” the mayor pull open a drawer from his desk and placed three small booklets with a golden seal on the cover, Yun reach for one and quickly scan through it “this are Hunters licenses, why are you helping us?” the man closed his eyes and brought his fingers to his chin “the truth is the same person that busted you out contacted me too, the bastard has information about me that if leaked could ruin me so I'm not doing this out of the kindes of my heart”

“so you are helping ex-convicts run around with a shiny license to kill?” Yun asked but the Mayor shook his head “I can't really deny your status as an ex-convict but I can't also disregard the fact that you three help this town immensely by getting rid of that beast considering that your Hunters exam, we have already registered your fake ID´s to the orders so your Licenses would have validity all around the world” “so if I present this license or whatever to any mayor library…” Parker eyed his license in his hand “you would have instant access to any book or document in said place, it does have some restrictions however but-” Parker cut the Mayor midsentence “That’s all I need to know!” Anre took his and put it in his back pocket “so can we also get some money for the road? As you might know, we are on our way to Killalark and we could use any spear change you might have”

Yun slapped the back of ANres neck and got angry at his greedy remark “The Mayor… do you have a name? is kind of awkward to just call you by your title” The mayor told us his name was Martin “Mr. Martin just give us free access to the world it would be too much to ask for money on top of that!” Anre pointed at me “And what do we do when the princes get hungry? Hunt the woods for food?” I tried to wave my hands dismissible but a loud growl came from my stomach “… I guess he does have a point, we haven’t eaten in a while” I probably didn’t realize how hungry I was due to the adrenalin and the bizarre situation but I could use a meal right now “alright everyone calms down here” Mr. Martin slide to us some money “we had some cash prepared as a reward for killing the King Jaw Crusher, take it, buy some things from the market and leave before everyone at the Maw get here for your heads!” the mayor urged us to leave and with a loud bang after he slammed the door on Yun´s protesting face we were alone once more at the lobby of the Mayor´s office.

“all right let´s see” Parker quickly counted the money we got and divided it equally amongst us “Okay how about we buy the things we need and we see each other at the entrance of the town in let's say an hour?” Yun proposed, and everyone agreed, Parker and Anre went on their separate ways with out a second thought “… sigh should have seen this coming, don’t worry Karolin, I´ll accompany you on your errands as I do mine and then we can leave for… the valley, how about we buy some food and then we do our shopping?” I nodded, not going to lie I am a little bit concerned with leaving Anre and Parker unattended but as long as we do this quickly nothing bad can happen, as long as there's no spontaneous combustion or mad paper attacks we should be fine… I hope.

We bought some seafood at the market and enjoyed a nice meal after all the fighting and escape chilling out with a nice bowl of rice and fried shrimp is too good, Yun was eating the minimal he had a tensed face unlike the one he had at the maw when I first meet him I had to do something “so Yun, what's the Vally like?” he lifted his eyes from the food “well if I had to put it in one word I would say gloomy, most times is rainy and the sun doesn’t shine often, but when it does it has some charm, I have lived all my life in there so I'm well acquainted with most locations unless they had changed from my two years absence” he told me about some places, his mood improved a little as we finished our meal and started to look at the things we wanted to buy for our trip, “should I buy one or two changes of clothe?” I asked “hum… I would go for one but that’s just me do you like to change clothes often?” I nodded “Then defiantly get two and a good sturdy backpack to keep all of the things you need”

“oh… excuse me may I see that necklace, places” After a while of buying we stepped by an antique store Yun wanted to check out “This old thing? Sure” “Oh and please add that too” he pointed at some random objects “a metallic baseball bat, an artist aquarelles, a camo helmet, and the necklace a pink heart shape with golden wings from afar I thought it was an actual piece of jewelry but now that I see it closely it its just a toy I believe it came from a T.V show for children, “are this for your younger siblings we can wrap them if you want” Yun shook his head “no need, I´ll keep them on my bag, don’t worry” Yun paid the man and quickly yet delicately placed all his buying into his backpack.

“Yun, are you going to see someone back at your place? The man did mention you wanting to see someone” Yun and I were waiting on the others as we finished our shopping, and his unusual buying caught my interest “Not in particular… am… would… would you believe I am responsible for children?” I spit my drink onto the ground and coughed profusely, Yun, this guy that is just seven years older than me has kids, with someone? “are you okay Karolin?” he patted my back to help me with the coughing fit “no, I mean yes im fine, so… you have a wif-” his face grew shocked “girlfriend, woman, lady?” his face got all red as he understood where he went wrong and quickly correct himself “you… you got it all wrong Young lady! They weren’t mine! I was the chief caregiver of an orphanage back at the valley, I had four kids under my jurisdiction” I sighed in relive that somehow made more sense than him being married to someone, “do you want to talk about them? You seemed very eager to get them presents” “… maybe later right now I wonder… oh deng it” A big mob was running trying to catch Anre and Parker.