"She told me she's waiting for the right one.  I don't blame her; I did and look where we are now..."  The wife looked at her husband, and it was pretty obvious that<em>something</em>was going to happen the minute they walked out of the store.  "Joy's right.  We'll find the Shattering Protector eventually; it's not worth your lives.  Or your daughter."  She followed Joy's motion, and after thanking the couple, left the store with the Solar Exalted.  "Alright.  Based on what they said about him, I have a theory-"  Her speech was interrupted by a pop-up.<br/><br/><div align="center"><tt class="bbc_tt">CLOSET UNLOCKED - MINDING THE STORE (AIKA)</tt></div><br/>"Closet...unlocked?"  She looked around, but didn't see anything.  "That's weird.  Maybe it's some other new menu option.  Come on; it's getting late..."  Pretty soon, their vision faded and, once more, they were presented with the map of the city and the familiar quartet of options.<br/><br/><tt class="bbc_tt">KICK ASS<br/>TRAIN<br/>INVESTIGATE<br/>WORK</tt><br/><br/>The map also reminded them it was<tt class="bbc_tt">NIGHT.</tt><br/><br/>"I have a theory about our Protector.  They said he disappears into nothing, and appears in the same way.  You'd think that someone would be able to catch him as he ran off, or at least shout a thank you, if he was a person.  But I think he might be a spirit."