Zel got an odd feeling when Larea took the lead... pride? She'd always been following one of them before, yet in the moment they needed her to show them the way, she was able to do so. It felt kind of nice to see her step up to the plate so readily... That only left the matter of whether or not she brought them to the right place.<br/><br/>Perhaps their monotonous surroundings made the trek feel longer. Eventually, Zel could look in all directions and see nothing but gray ash and far off mountains. This place was probably the second most depressing he'd seen in his life. By now, he was truly hoping Larea knew where she was going, otherwise there was the very real danger of them getting lost. Still though, he had to show some faith in the girl. They weren't lost until she stopped walking and turned to them with a frightened look. That would be the time to worry.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>Eventually, they came to an area where there was no ash. Sitting in the middle, was the giant tree stump Keirus must have been talking about. And there, embedded into the ground and covered by a thin layer of water, was the tablet he'd been hoping to see. So Larea's dream really had brought her here? That was kind of amazing.<br/><br/>He didn't have much time to be amazed though, at least not about that, and he certainly didn't have time to observe the tablet. Moments later, a green light came from the tablet, splitting into three orbs, performing some sort of odd dance, and forming back together. Zel's eyes widened. He'd never seen anything like this, nor had he read about it. The orbs had become and outline of some sort of creature, surrounded by green light. There wasn't time for any reaction, aside from Larea falling over, before it began to speak.<br/><br/>There was that name again; Origin. God what was that? In a moment, Zel thought his question may have been partly answered. Larea started to glow gold and she turned to them, looking frightened. This was an exception to his earlier thought; they most certainly had come to their destination. The gold light eventually formed into a single orb and went about a similar dancing motion before settling in front of Larea and...<span style="font-style: italic">speaking</span>?!<br/><br/>Then... this was Origin...? It was living inside Larea? Good god, what was going on here? This was one of the few times in his life Zel had been completely clueless... he didn't like being clueless. He was witnessing an aspect of magic that he'd never seen documented.... Or had he? He could feel some knowledge twitching inside of him, something so obvious, yet so far away. If only he could just put the pieces together...