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‘Hey!’ Chergoa yelled. ‘Are you finally awake, you big doofus?!’

Garovel gave a weak laugh, still sounding exhausted. ‘Good to see you, baby sister.’

Chergoa snorted and nodded to Hector and Emiliana. ‘Told you, didn’t I?’

‘What did you tell them?’ said Garovel.

‘That the first thing you’d do would be reassert your status as the older sibling.’

‘Agh. Gimme a break. I’m tired, and I was expressing how pleased I am to finally see you again. And you ARE my little sister, aren’t you?’

‘Yeah, by like one year! One out of--’ She hesitated. ‘How old are we again?’

‘Three thousand something, I think.’

‘See? You don’t even know.’

‘Don’t need to. Even if you were infinity years old, I’d still be infinity plus one.’

‘What the hell are you doing here, anyway?’

‘Did Hector not tell you?’

‘No, he didn’t. Great servant you got here, by the way. Can’t even answer a simple question.’

‘Hey. Don’t make fun of Hector. I didn’t make fun of your freaky-lookin’ mutant girl.’

‘Whoa! Take that back, you asshole!’

‘Or what?’

“Garovel,” said Hector, realizing he should intervene before this escalated into another four hundred years of them not seeing each other. “Apologize.”

Garovel required a moment of reluctance before granting an admissive nod and turning to Emiliana. ‘Ah... I’m sorry, young lady. You aren’t a freaky-looking mutant. In fact, you actually look kind of badass with that mask on. I was just upset because your reaper is a terrible person who eats babies and steals from the poor.’

‘Alright, that’s enough,’ said Chergoa. ‘Tell me what you’re doing here, already.’

‘We’re here for YOU, you dingus. We ran into Axiolis in Kuros, and he informed us of the monumental shitstorm you’ve gotten yourself involved in. And naturally, being the wonderful, selfless people we are, we decided to--’

‘Okay, okay. Hector, thank you for all your help. Garovel, go fuck yourself.’

‘Wow, watch your language. There are young people present, you know.’

‘You literally just said “shitstorm.”’

‘Yeah, but when I swear, it’s funny and endearing. When you do it, it’s inappropriate and childish.’

She glanced at Emiliana. ‘See this? See what I have to put up with?’

But Emiliana seemed more interested in something else Garovel had said. “You met with Axiolis? Do you know where he is?”