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Jamison nods. "Yeah... Of course." He was feeling a bit guilty at snapping back earlier and, really, when he thought about it, he wasn't acting like himself anyway. Of course he'd do anything to help out Zeph. That much was obvious. "What do you need me to do?"

Gabriela wondered where Kidd and Leone were, but maybe they were waiting outside.

"Just go there," Zephyr said. "Tell me if you see anything. Any sign of the Gods. I don't know why, but it's just a feeling... if you go there you might meet something, and then maybe you'll be able to see things the way I do." His way of viewing the world had changed completely, but maybe it was possible to open Jamison's eyes and bring that guy back as his ally.

Having even one person he could rely on would mean the world to Zephyr right now.

"The Altar of the Gods..." Jamison muttered.

"I don't know if Mona was insane or maybe she was really onto something," Zephyr tells him. "But didn't you feel a strange energy in that place? It wasn't just because our lives were in danger. I feel it now. My fur tingles... I sense something..."

The next day Gabriela and Kyne explore Canlan village some more. She recognizes this place from her dreams but it takes her a while to realize it. She looks around for Jamison or Zephyr but doesn't see any signs of them. Was that a dream of the past... or the present...? Kyne told her she would see those kinds of dreams, but she didn't know which was which.

They travel east together to an abandoned keep at the edge of a murky swamp. The village here has been destroyed and then folks nearby must have come through and finished tearing all of the buildings down. Perhaps Canlan was rebuilt from this village, which had been abandoned after the keep fell into disrepair.

The place looked surprisingly well tended, but there was no one who was looking after the place either.

"Don't worry," Kyne tells her. "I have permission to enter this place."

"Permission...?" Gabriela inquires.

"Of course... What I mean is that I'm free to go wherever I want." Kyne says something that sounds like a joke but he doesn't laugh or smile. He truly is a strange guy, but maybe she is just starting to get used to him. She noticed that she stopped acting polite and holding him at a distance long ago.

Though they don't feel intimate, or even romantic, there's a chance that maybe he feels a bit like her friend.

The lower chambers have mostly been cleaned out, and those open up to a series of well lit tunnels. Aside from the excavated walkways there are also side chambers with large pits built into them. It's hard to say what belonged in those pits because the area has already been cleared out of everything but rocks.

There are some stairs cut into the stone and other times they go down slopes.

Eventually, the two arrive in the lowest chamber at the place beneath the keep.

This is where Gabriela sees Jamison. She had expected him to be in Canlan Village, but he was here instead. But if her dream was right he should be in-... No, wait. That wasn't correct. Yes, in her dream, he had been in Canlan Village.

But in her dream he had told Zephyr he would go to the Altar of the Gods.

That meant, this place now, must be the Altar of the Gods.

That meant that Jamison, like her, had been told by a Hero to go somewhere to meet the Gods. The two of them were very much alike! She thought about that for a moment, but then, her mind started to wander somewhere else.

She began to look at the guy who was standing next to her.

Kyne.

What was he...?
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