<strong>Location:</strong>The Moon<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Tian Lei<br/><br/>Chang'e just smiled, all of at his wisdom, his recognition of the similar nature of his friends, and of his insistence that they would defeat Gilbert.  Only one of the three topics, however, required her verbal response.  "Such is the way of Fate that many individuals form a whole greater than the sum of its parts.  Despite all the tales that speak of the lone hero, experience shows us just as it did during the Journey to the West that Fate would rather a collective group rather than a smattering of individuals, and finds ways to make it all come together for a common goal.  That you would all find each other was not the machinations of the faculty, but the World ensuring that you would find your proper way, just as you will guide others, both through your actions towards the wayward, and the example you set which others follow."<br/><br/>Somewhere along the discussion, Wu had disappeared.  However, Tian Lei still felt his presence, and would continue to do so, especially when using the exorcist tools.  No journey was ever truly made alone, true both in metaphor and otherwise.<br/><br/>"I think you're ready," she said, and began a dance of tai chi postures to focus her energy and send him forth on the next stage of his journey.  The moonlight enveloped and sheltered him, carrying him up and out as a ray that shone and arced back through space, once more offering him a perfect view of China from space and letting him see Heaven in all its glory.  Time was impossible to gauge; soon enough, he was set down gently upon the beach, where the storm had recently ended.<br/><br/>The house was yet some distance away, but well within both his sight and his ability to run.