[Video/ Shortly after the return from the Chaos Shrine]

[for_cosmos]

[The warrior looks worn out but solemn. It's difficult to explain what exactly happened at the Chaos Shrine- especially because he might be the only one who really understood what Garland was doing.]

Lufene is a threat no longer. However, Garland... or perhaps I should say Chaos... escaped us. He was nearly defeated, but four elemental fiends [and

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[twincasting]

[She'll mention later how fiends with those names appeared on the true moon. For now, she just hands him a cup of tea. He'd seemed pained by all the new information when Gaia sent him to Cornelia a few months ago, so she wants to make sure he's okay before risking making it worse.]

How are you feeling?

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[He glances up at her and accepts the tea, putting the Sky Phone aside for now.]

Better. I only wish that I had thought this might happen before we went to the shrine.

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Thank goodness.

[She settles down next to him, sighing.]

...you just said that you ended that cycle before, didn't you? It can be undone. Don't let it worry you too much.

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[And he leans into her slightly. It's a good thing Cecil isn't around, or they'd be giving him more fuel.]

Of course. He has been stopped before, and he will be again.

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[She smiles, leaning against him in turn. Ceilingshipper denied.]

Are you tired?

[And then, after a very long pause] ...the fiends you mentionned-

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Not enough that I need to rest now. [i.e. don't try to make him rest when he'd rather spend time with you, Porom. Especially when he isn't even standing.]

The elemental fiends? What of them?

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If you're sure- [This probably counts as resting. Sort of. She rests her head on his shoulder. Being around him and knowing he's back safely is more than comforting enough to make up for the fact that metal isn't all that comfortable to lean on.]

...when I was taken back to my world, they were among the foes we faced. Very similar creatures with the same names, at the very least.

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-You fought them?

[If Porom hadn't just leaned up against him, he would have jerked around to look at her. He's concerned, but at the same time he's trying to push it down. She'd already told him that she was fine after returning from her world, and it hadn't happened at all recently, at this point. He's definitely getting a protective look, though.]

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We did.

[Not quite sure how to react to the sudden protectiveness. Percy this is becoming very un-resing-like. She places a hand on his arm gently, attempting to prove that she's here and she's fine.]

-They're not native to our world, though. They were... it's difficult to describe. The creator drew their conciousness from their stored memory in the crystals of another world.

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[He takes her hand and squeezes it, but for the most part he relaxes.]

Then the creator drew them from the crystals of my world simply to fight you...

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[She squeezes back, glad that he's relaxing again.]

...yes. The blue planet has its own elemental fiends, but they were very different-

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What were they like, then? Did you have to face them, as well?

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[She nods.]

They were among those drawn from our own memories by the creator. And before that-

Two of them, when I was very young. The blighted despot Scarmiglione and the drowned king Cagnazzo.

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You fought them, when you were only a child?

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Not alone. The crystal instructed the Elder to send us with Cecil. And with its blessing, we were able to defeat the blighted despot.

[There is a pretty glaring omission here.]

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And what of the other... Cagnazzo?