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[DragonDream]

✴Phlegethon✴

Phleg said little on their continued journey. All he could think about was what he had done, and wonder why he couldn’t remember any of it. His mother had often told him that he had went too far without showing any sign of having powers, and that he just didn’t have any. It had bothered him at first because everyone had a purpose. A place. A reason they existed. But he just assumed his purpose was to be by his mothers side, and that was a comfort to him. Was. Now he was unsure.

He was thankful that they wouldn’t have to stay out in the open. The last thing he wanted was another confrontation with his pursuers. Or to do what he had done again. It frightened him to not know the full extent despite being the enactor of a murder. His mother had always told him about how precious life was, and how there was a balance and a time for everyone to die. He had taken something that he couldn’t give back. His thoughts were interrupted by Seraphine’s request, and odd as it was he obliged, looking at her with hesitation.

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||Seraphine||

As he stood her eyes grew wider. Standing before her was no longer a child. Phleg now looked like he was in his early teenage years. That would explain why he felt so heavy all of a sudden when she tried to pick him up, but just that morning he looked to be no older than maybe six. No wait, now that she thought about it. He looked about six when she first met him. That morning he had maybe looked to be eight or nine. She thought he had gotten a little taller since they left, but didn't think much of it since it wasn't that drastic. This however, was very drastic.

She quickly turned and rummaged through the bag, pulling out her journal. She quickly jotted down her observations then turned her attention back to Phleg. "Is that normal, for celestials to be able to grow up so quickly?"

[DragonDream]

✴Phlegethon✴

Something about the note taking slightly irritated him. He didn’t understand what was so spectacular about him standing up. When she questioned him he cocked his head. “What do you mean?” he asked, looking at her quizzically. “We grow when we grow.”

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||Seraphine||

She looked at him a bit puzzled. "You grow when you grow? So basically what you're telling me is celestials just have a random time in which they start growing all at once? That's interesting to me, especially since it appears to have taken you 600 years."

[DragonDream]

✴Phlegethon✴

”I don’t grow,” he said, brows knit together. “Celestials grow in their own time. I don’t grow. I haven’t in 600 years, and my mother told me I never would.”

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||Seraphine||

As he said that it appeared that his face changed once again, but only slightly. Had Seraphine not been looking at him directly when it happened, she wouldn't have noticed. She wrote this down too. What did all of this mean?

"Well, I dont know what to tell you. Either your mother doesn't know everything about you, or she lied to you, because you have definitely grown." she took out the metal flask and handed it to him. "Look for yourself."

[DragonDream]

✴Phlegethon✴

Phlegethon couldn't believe her, even when he was looking at it for himself. The disbelief turned to hurt, then anger. There was no way that his mother, one of the oldest celestials in existence, didn't know everything about him. Which only meant she had lied to him. The realization of that stung, and he could see it in his face that he looked older before his own eyes as the bitterness set in. Hand shaking he handed her back the flask and sat down, hands clutching at his face. He didn't even have it in him to cry. All the exhaustion and anger mingled into a lonely dark place inside of him. "Why would she lie to me?" he asked more to himself than anyone.

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||Seraphine||

Seraphine didn't realize how much this hurt him. She found it fascinating that he had the ability to grow right before her eyes, but to him, this meant much more. She opened her mouth to say something in response to his question, but quickly closed it. She didn't know what to say. She closed her journal and put it back in the bag. Gnash looked to Seraphine, then with a huff made his way over to Phleg and laid down at his feet. At least someone knew what to do. Seraphine poked at the fire, making occasional glances over to Phleg who was still clutching his face.

When the food had finished cooking, Seraphine got up and placed some in front of Phleg. "Here's the food. Maybe it will help you feel better. "

[DragonDream]

✴Phlegethon✴

Removing his hands he took the food, staring down at it. After a while he worked up the stomach to eat it, the food more soothing than he had anticipated. Having something on his stomach after a very long and confusing day made a difference, albeit a small one. When he had finished his chest heaved with a silent sigh, his attention going to Gnash who was staring up at him. Petting the dog's head he frowned. There was so much running through his head; questions that neither of them would have the answer to. "Why me?" he finally managed, looking up at Seraphine. "Why did I have to be the one taken away?" There was a harsh bitterness to his tone, and he turned his gaze back down to the floor. "Humans were the ones to separate the realms before. They thought that my kind interfered to freely. Why change their minds? All they succeeded in was stranding a useless Celestial in the mortal realm."

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||Seraphine||

His comment caught Seraphine off guard. She finished chewing her mouthful of food and swallowed. "Well... I don't have an exact answer for you, but I may have a theory. I don't think they were going after you specifically. As far as I know, humans haven't been able to make a connection with the celestial world in centuries, if not thousands of years. This particular group must have been working on a ritual for a very long time. I don't think they had a specific celestial in mind when doing this, their soul purpose was just to find one. You may have been the weakest celestial they could find. You probably required the least amount of energy to pull through. As far as why they were trying to make the connection in the first place... I have no idea. Power maybe? And hey, you're not useless. look what you did back there. That wasn't useless. You saved my life, and to me, that means everything."