"Oh, I know. But I enjoy teasing her, if only because I don't want her thinking her excuses of 'here only to study' were going to hold any water. I'm perfectly okay with it, too; you don't have to be subtle or embarrassed about it, dear."<br/><br/>The journey was quiet, without Xyra with him, giving him a chance to catch up on some much-needed rest, though he could use that time in dreams to make individual contact with people, and give them directions, or learn what they'd been doing.<br/><br/>Regardless, they eventually arrive at the site; the place where he was first reborn as a god, the site where he and Verdelet clashed, and he was ripped from reality. The very air seemed to tingle with power, both old and new. He could even feel V'elen stirring, within him, in response to the area.<br/><br/>All that remained now of the battle site was the massive tower, atop which his final battle had taken place, a large portion of the indestructible metal melted, from Amaterasu's desperate attack.