The End of Dreams

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At least she was useful for something, even if she did seem like a moron. He sighed as he stood up and began to follow her. While Baine didn't realize it, Lesset was in his body. The transfer was quite an ordeal for him, and required a bit of rest. Little did Baine know that the scythe he wielded fed energy to Lesset whenever it destroyed a soul.

"I know no more about this place than you do. Don't ask me. Why don't you use those wings of yours to fly up and take a look above the tree line."

Baine sighed. "Useless woman." Ignoring that she had saved him twice. They would find themselves near small streams of water. While Baine didn't know it, as he had never been on that island before, they had wandered to the brook near the center of the island. "Well at least the scenery is changing, I was getting sick of the bog."

"How do you know it is uncharted? How exactly did you get here?" At first she mentioned an air plane but recently she denied ever even mentioning one. Was it supposed to be a secret or something? This girl was really strange. He figured he could get as much use out of her as he could before ditching her somewhere.

"Well.. I guess we gotta find a way to cross this water. A lot of it looks pretty shallow and jump-able.. but I can't see the bed of some of the bigger rivers." Little did he know of the aggressive mermaids lurking under the water of the brook.