Yuriko was not sure why the fates had brought her here but the last words her mother said to her suddenly came flooding back to her.<em>“My dear child you have a special destiny that even I can not foresee. The journey will be long and arduous and I pray that you will have the courage to face it for if not existence itself shall be at stake.” </em><br/><br/>Shaking her head she wonders why after all this time why she had thought of that. Of course she would not have time to ponder it as she is shaken out of her stupor by Matthias's shout. Turning to look back at him she gives him a blank stare.<br/><br/>“I don't really see what the cows are going to be able to tell us seeing as the problem is at the farmhouse itself. Whatever killed those cows is more than likely in there considering I heard some kind of chuckle coming from it.”   she says as she turns back toward the farmhouse and continues walking toward it with confident strides.<br/><br/>