<span style="font-style: italic">"Blake, where are you meaning to take us? I don't like the look of that gate..."</span><br/><span style="font-style: italic">"Haruki... I don't think he wants anything bad. Just... Just come. Trust me."</span><br/><br/>While he knew Haruki had this sense of over-cautiousness at all times... If one were to look at Blake's face, one would not notice it, but get close enough to feel the energy about him seethe. Taking a deep breath, cold air from his lips before he spoke, "I know this forest all too well... I spent ten years in this forest as part of my training. This gate leads to a sure-fire way out and my secluded home. Nothing more. Nothing less."<br/><br/>"Not long ago, you were my drinking buddy at the Ikebukuro Harvest Festival... Not long ago, did I share a piece of my past with you." He spoke slowly and solemnly, a lone tear falling from his face. "I would soon end my own life before I take the life of another, let alone one I deem a friend... without a damn good reason. Life, like magic is not some fucking plaything that you can mess with. Not without paying the price in the end..."<br/><br/>Grabbing a lit torch from the right cavern wall, Blake turned to Haruki and Nyoko with a soft smile."I won't beg you to trust me... But if you cannot, I don't blame you. Either of you. But I do need to get you two out of here. That much I do know!" And with that, Blake turned to walk off slowly. Though it seemed he had gained Nyoko's trust, he is in thought that he does not have Haruki's. Even Blake's natural curiosity was tempered with a touch of caution. Nevertheless, he wanted to be certain that they both trusted him, even with that spiel he gave was not sufficient enough for them.