I dreamt of nothing. As I sat up from my spot, to see that the flames of the campfire were still flickering. "Daylight is still a few hours away" Lucas mentioned while he began re-adjusting a perfectly fine piece of wood that was burning, he was awake and tending the campfire while we were asleep.
"So, did you dream of anything?? Like... maybe a vision like before? He asked as he looked towards me with an anticipating gaze only to be met with disappointment when I told him nothing of that sort happened.
"Aww Man. It would have been pretty cool if you got like flashes of the past and then it turned out that you were a prince or a powerf-" "I doubt anything like that would've happened" I cut him off before his imagination grew wilder.
"Lucas, could I ask you a few questions?" There were a lot of questions I had in mind that needed answers.
He nodded and put his hands behind him as he looked towards skies,"I'll answer only three since you cut me off"
"What is this 'ether'? And how does it work?"I asked without any hesitation.
"Ether is the source of energy required to use 'skills'. I'd say everyone has a varying amount of it whereas only about thirty percent of the people are born with 'skills' but they can't utilize their skills a lot, as most people only have a small amount of it. The ones gifted with a decent amount of ether are generally listed to join the military force."
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"That rather assuring as well as worrisome" I thought to myself. " Where are we anyway?"
"We should be in Tavil right now, it's the country to the east. The people like to call it the 'Land of Peace', but they are facing a civil war as we speak, so we were travelling here in hopes of aiding the people and other stuff. The next country closest to us is 'Unos' as they call it 'The merchant's bay'. Towards the north is the Imperial city of Rin, that's where Uriel and I hail from and far to the west is Aga 'The Lost', it's not actually lost its just that it's a desolate land with almost no settlements. The east and west are separated by a vast sea that connects to the 'Great South' ocean."
"Why did you travel all the way here just to aid people?"
"Is that your last question?" Lucas looked at me with a 'are you serious?' look.
"No, I'm sorry" I apologised as I asked my final question, "I am interested in you, your 'skill' and the way you fought earlier could you tell me more about that?"
"I'm very much flattered but I have my sights on someone else so it's not gonna workout" he grinned and sighed," and on the off chance, you're talking about my skill, it works like this."
Soft and slow melodies began to fill the air once again but this time it was different from the one I had heard before, a small area around us began to change and transformed into a flower patch filled with little blue flowers gently swaying in the wind. "This is my skill, it's called 'Echoes of symphony' it's like an illusion but only that it's real, the melodies changes based on my emotions and the objects I create last until my mind or ether gives out." with that he conjured a blanket and laid down.
"Keep an eye out and don't shank me while I sleep!!, will you."with that he fell asleep, the melodies began fading away and I was left with only my thoughts and the flickering campfire.
