Chapter 57: Lost in Time

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Somewhere and... SOMEWHEN... in a vast reddish desert of orangish sky, the mysterious person who found Ravi lying unconscious over the hot sand was walking carefully towards an unknown location, followed closely by the blue-haired boy, who was in fact looking for answers.

The unknown person was like none other Ravi had ever seen before. He was a human old man... BUT... he was also letting out these imposing yet weird vibes that signified someone of great importance.

His clothes couldn't have left it more clear... He was a hunter... like Leah or Idus. However, such outfit was in a completely deplorable state: covered in dust, a bit torn apart, rusty, and with some extra cloths around it, protecting the man from the sun.

The bluenette couldn't help but to startle slightly at that moment, for that totally old and crappy outfit actually reminded him a lot of his old days as an ignorant scavenger in the wasteland of Old Russia.

"Hey... Hey, wait a sec" Ravi muttered, only to be ignored. "Hey! Come on! Talk to me! Who on earth are you? And were are we right now?!"

"I told you my name is Pahanin. Now less talk... and more walking" Pahanin bluntly replied. "As I said, we are not safe here. You'll get your answers, but only once we reach the refugee"

"Re-refugee? Hey... wait a minute! Refugee from what?! What are we hiding from?!"

Pahanin swiftly turned around at that moment and muttered a simple set of words right before getting on his way again. "From the Vex... obviously"

Ravi widened his eyes slightly in surprise. And then, he finally decided to shut up and follow Pahanin to wherever he was actually going. Not that the blue-haired boy had that much of a choice anyway.

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Almost 2 hours passed...

Both Ravi and Pahanin spent that entire time just walking through the vast desert until finally, they reached what seemed to be a huge abandoned and almost decaying facility buried in the sand. Because yeah... That was all that could be seen everywhere around... Nothing but kilometers and kilometers of hot red sand.

In any case, Pahanin moved a huge piece of debris out of the way in order to reveal a very big broken window at one side of a wall buried in sand. "Well, what are you waiting for? Come in" he then added while inviting Ravi inside.

The blue-haired boy looked a bit hesitant at first, but ended up entering that place despite of that.

Then, they continued walking through the rusty old hallways. Ravi was actually able to see many different rooms with improvised signs written on their entrances which certainly caught his attention: Food... Spare parts... Ammunition...

In the end however, he reached one last wide room, going down some stairways. It was a hall filled with lots of broken computers, furniture, blankets, drinks and snacks stacked at one side, and many other commodities like a fridge and even a microwave.

"This is our refugee" Pahanin claimed as Ravi began exploring his surroundings, only to then realize what the old man had just said.

"Wait... 'Our'?" the bluenette asked.

"That's correct!" a mysterious male voice suddenly yelled. Ravi turned to look at who it actually was and startled after finding nothing else than another human old man with more crappy cloths covering his already decaying titan armor.

That's right... This 2nd stranger was in fact a titan. And his name was...

"I'm Kabr! The one in charge here! Now tell me..." Kabr slowly approached Ravi. "Who the hell... are you?!"

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