- I''m not going to give my real name to a mage, if you must, you can call me Athame.


    - ... ... Okay... So, Athame, what brings you here?


    - ... ... ...


    After my question, it seemed she minded it, she didn''t answer and only kept staring. Her slit pupils were beautiful, but also disquieting.


    - I thought I was the one with the power to turn every conversation awkward, and apparently I''m right... Sigh...


    I bowed my head in defeat, and started meditating. I was curious about her but I wasn''t going to go out my way to talk to her. When I had finally found a balance, between hastening the scale formation and mp recovery, my concentration was broken again.


    By the way, during my year with them, Llanfil and Ausas told me that there was a way to train and avoid the pain. The solution was pretty easy actually, all I needed to do was ensure that my trained stats gain were going to coincide with a level up. I still hadn''t tested this theory, but I could have a little peace of mind.


    Anyway what interrupted me was the only other occupant of the jail, but this time her tone seemed even more serious than before.


    - So you really aren''t an imperial, what brings you here then? Are you really a lone mage searching out the ruins? Or are you...


    - And you think I''m not an imperial because?


    - You didn''t react to my name.


    - Are you supposed to be famous?


    - I''m nobody the name itself is worth thousand word for the Empire''s men. You didn''t answer me again.


    - Seeing our condition I suppose it''s not the name of an entertaining company, is it? And at cost of being repetitive I already told you my name, if you want to know anything else why don''t we play a game of questions and answers?


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    - A game?


    - Yes, each one ask can a question after they answered the last one. Agreed?


    - What if someone don''t want to answer?


    - Well, they obviously can''t ask, and the opposing part can answer another question. But you already should know no response is an answer in itself, don''t you?


    - Fine, but you must answer my question first.


    - About myself?


    - Yes!


    - Ok, ok, calm down. As you can see I''m human, I can use magic, and to tell you the truth I don''t know why I''m here.


    - What do you mean you don''t know?


    - Hey, it''s my turn now, care to answer my question from before? Or should I change it?


    - Tsk... I''m here because they captured me, happy? Now tell me!


    - You really learned fast how to play eh? If it''s how you wanna roll... I don''t know why I''m here because I don''t even know where we are. When I stepped out of the ruin they captured me instantly. No time for sightseeing. Now why don''t you tell me why the name athame should make me jump?


    - ... Athame is an organisation known for hunting humans, they patrol the border. No human should ignore their name. So were do you came from?


    - In the spirit of your previous answer, I can say I came from outside the jail obviously. And you?


    - You @#$%!


    - Really? That seems a nasty place to came from! Wait, before you pitch a fit, I should apologise. But I really needed to blow off some steam, and you walked right trough it by yourself. Sorry.