An Uneventful Patrol - Zaphias [OPEN]

[Duke]

. . . . Former Captain Duke Pantarei. [ And there's a mystery solved. Don't mind him, he's going to start turning for the exit of lower quarter, take a step- and stop. ]

. . . . [ And turn around and give Finas as close to an incredulous look that his face can make. ]

[Finas//Alvin [Blaze001]]

Duke...Pantarei?

[Finas doesn't seem to notice that stare, more like just stand there and look thoughtful.]

Pantarei...I seem to...

[And now he's mumbling to himself. Seems Duke is infectious.]


(If anyone else wants to join in (specifically a certain swordsman *cough*) Feel free!)

[Duke]

. . . . [Blank, confused staring. ]

Captain Finas Scifo, died in disobeying an order to retreat, protected Lower Quarter, Zaphias, with his life. [ As if reciting a report he'd read. Unfocusing eyes, then sharp focus after. ]

Yet you are alive. [ The faint hint of stress on alive would almost be an added "very much" before it. ]

[Finas//Alvin [Blaze001]]

Hm?

[The realisation sinks in as he tunes back to reality and hears what Duke is talking about.]

Yes, I am...At least, I think I am.

[Duke]

You are alive. This Mana may be new to me, but it is not so different that I cannot sense its flow as I did with Aer. It flows about you as it does any other human, you are alive and healthy, whole, yet ... [ He's confused, thinking aloud by the sudden speed and quietness. Blankly staring. ]

[Finas//Alvin [Blaze001]]

...Yet?

[Finas has been listening to the man think aloud and is a tad worried by that yet.]

[Duke]

..... How? Why? [ Why a human? Could it be repeated? ]

You were not missing instead of dead, you would have aged the ten years. You are as I remember glimpsing, no different, thus you were brought back, .... [ He almost seems to be about to ask something, then just went silent, watching. How, so I can repeat on someone else. ]

[Finas//Alvin [Blaze001]]

It...It seems that way. We don't know yet...

[There is a pause]

Commandant Flynn said that he was getting one of the famous mages from Aspio to look into it. I hear she's quite the lead in blastia and aer mechanics...

[He seems to recognise that look]

I...I don't know if it can be repeated.

[Duke]

[ That look swiftly vanishes. Duke didn't mean to let his thoughts show, and so his face goes completely blank. ]

The young mage. [ A moment more of blank staring, before he turns on his heel again, and heads out without another word. ]