Part 3

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My arm's let go of Darai still cherishing him still being alive, I wipe away my tears and take two steps back to give Darai some space "I always thought you were dead." I looked down upon the dirt that lays on the ground, a saddened look came upon my face. Darai put his hand on my shoulder then said, "I have died, Soluph.. And now here I am. Standing in front of you." what Darai spoke about made me jerk my head up with my eye's widened "Y-you did die...!? But, how?" I said, sounding bewildered. Darai shrugged and all he said in response to me is "A voice told me someone wished for me to be alive, they didn't say if it was you but am I right to say that you wished for me to be here again right?"  he looks into my eyes as if Darai is expecting me to say "Yes" but, I didn't wish for him to be alive again which begins to make me think "who did?" then my eyes bring me to look at the book. It still looks the same as I got it from that forest, yet something seems off with it this time as if it contains powers I thought I once knew. I now begin to realize it contains something else what it may be I don't know though "Soluph, I asked you a question."  I look up at Darai's face baring a new expression, an expression I dislike seeing but understand the yearning to know the truth "Did you, Soluph, wish for me to be here?" I stared back at him unsure if my wish truly brought him back and if I did manage to somehow wish him back it wasn't my intention to see Darai's face once again even if it's a pleasure to see him standing in front of me, what I find particularly odd is that he wears exactly what I have on currently being silver armor with a sapphire imbued in the center top half of the armor. A voice intrudes my thoughts "Say what'cha two up to?" A pair of arms sling over both of us my right shoulder with the left arm and Darai's left shoulder with the right arm, I look to my right as Darai his left to both notice a lady foxarian bearing orange fur around the same age as we are "Jeez, why you two so serious?" she said in playful way "All I'm trying to do is loosen up you two." I sigh then tell her as serious I can sound without hurting her emotions "Look, your heart's in the right place just now is not the time. Okay?" she took a few steps back than sat on some rubble of what you used to be someone's home "Well, let me know when you two guys are done. Its no fun having to wait." she said sounding a little annoyed with allowing me to finish talking with Darai, I turn my head to look at his face "To answer your question Darai, I do not know if I did wish you back to life." Darai stared back at me "What I did wish for was to see my parents alive again." Darai closes his eye's taking in what he just heard, I turn my head to look at the foxarian yawning from boredom I presume, then I look back at Darai "You wished for your parents back but not me?" I look at the dirt and grass on the ground as my eye's begin to water a little but all Darai does is sigh "Non the less it's a mystery that we need to look into." I look up back at Darai his face looking at mine, faintly smiling, "Right, pal?" I nod as I wipe away the wateriness of my eye's away then look back at the foxarian, shortly after I look at her Darai joins in looking at her too. "You two finally done?" we both nod in her response "My name is- wait why should I bother telling you right away?" she said while her eye's don't even look at us still sounding annoyed from having to wait "You waited for me and my friend here to finish talking." I said stating what happend "I think we all should at least share one another's names." Darai said respectively "You know its only common courtesy."  she stares at Darai for moment then me for a moment eventually pointing at both of us squinting her eye's "Are you two brothers...?" I shake my head  gesturing a "No" in response "Then what are you two?" her words made my ears twitch in response for yet another time I deal with this "We are like you, just bearing a slightly different look." she responded to me with attitude "I can see that, I'm not that clueless." she gets up off the rubble walking closer "What do you take me for? A human!?" I begin to growl at her, Darai raises his arm blocking me from her "Soluph, don't let her get to you.." I stop growling and look at Darai's face smiling at me "Let me get this all figured out. Okay?" I keep staring at him in awe of being able to handle these situations unlike me, as if he was my older brother, he was always there for me in the past even now he's helping me again. Darai turns his head to stare at the foxarian "Please stop, I'd like that we all get better acquainted." she doesn't respond back to Darai "Agreed?" she stops walking until she stands in front of Darai "Okay, then." she puts her hand on Darai's right shoulder  "My name is Razomi. and your two names are?" I open my mouth but I hear Darai's voice Instead "My name is Darai." he gestures to me "My friend's name here is-" I interupt him finishing his sentence "Soluph."

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