𝔖𝔬, ℑ 𝔊𝔬𝔱 ℜ𝔢𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔞𝔯𝔫𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔡

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𝔗𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔘𝔫𝔭𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔞𝔫𝔱 𝔉𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔤
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"Wag na kasi."

"Akin na nga kasi eh! I'll bwing it!"

"You'll lowse it again."

Sa apartment ni Marcie, rinig na rinig ang alitan ng dalawang batang Anima. Naiingayan na nga ang mga kapitbahay ni Marcie pero wala na siyang pakealam. To Marcie, it was a normal occurence. Pero kung lumalala na, marami siyang paraan upang patahimikin at pakalmahin ang dalawa. Marami kasi siyang kapatid kaya't normal lang sa kanya ang kulit at ingay ng mga bata.

"Alisha. Ayesha. Hali na."

"Ninang Marcie! Si Alisha hindi binibigay yung teddy sa akin!" sigaw ng batang Anima kay Marcie. It was Ayesha, the one with black ears, the hyper and energetic one.

"Ninang, she'll just lowse it," kalmadong sabi ng Anima na may puting tenga. It was Alisha, the shy yet calm twin.

"Aww! The library is bowring! I don't like books! And I can't even have fun! NYAAAAAH!" Ayesha ran all over the place. Normally, humans would find child Animas annoying. But, considering Marcie's whole childhood, this was nothing. She's a veteran of handling children. It's a wonder where she got all of her patience. Kaso, pagdating kina Lisandrei, nawawala ang kalma niya.

She has always had this unpleasant feeling ever since they left. She was probably going paranoid every day.

Nauwi nga sa inuman nila ni Erika ang ganung usapan. Parehas silang naiiyak sa kakaisip sa mga kaibigan nilang naglayag. There was a time they got too drunk. Nagtaka nalamang silang nagising sa apartment ni Marcie. They couldn't even remember how they got in the apartment because of how drunk they were.

Okay lang kaya sila? She asked herself for the 309th time. She stared outside the window and looked in the direction of Althera with a worried and troubled face.

Kada tingin niya sa dagat, parang may bumubulong sa kanyang nasa peligro ang buong guild ni Lisandrei. Kakaibang feeling na yun. Delikado na yung parang guni-guni mong bumubulong.

They don't even have a name yet! Lex was pestering about that to her every day. Kumbaga, sila nalang dao ang gagawa ng pangalan. Sila Lisandrei kasi, umalis ng hindi pa na-proseso yung papeles ng guild. Ano kaya ang sasabihin nila doon sa Althera? At ano nalang kaya ang iisipin ng Flamazon kung isang 'nameless' guild kamo ang ginawang envoys ng Arcadia?

Obviously, Marcie did not like the slightest bit of that idea. Si Lisandrei lamang ang may final decision sa pangalan ng guild. Lex had to just give in and halt the process of the guild's papers. The last time he tried to talk to the guild was when they were in a pretty hurry. Late kasing pumunta sa meeting.

Halos dalawang buwan nang wala sa Cydril ang guild nila Lisandrei. Wala paring nakalap na impormasyon o mensahe sina Marcie at Erika. They should have wrote something once they arrive.

They'll be fine, right? But Lisandrei's a dumb idiot! Argh! Nakakainis! No, Himeko's with her. They'll do just fine. Mason is trustworthy as well.

"Okay—" she breathes in, then out while the Ayesha was rampaging in the background as Alisha tried to stop her, "—calm."

Slowly, she regained her energy to start for the day. Duty niya ngayon kaya't iiwan niya ang dalawa kay Erika sa Cresent Moon Library.