"Tch. Dammit!"

The shard around her neck pulsed as her fist shaved the top of a nearby rock. Raisha stood up and looked at her brother, who leaned on the nearby door, looking into the hallway.

This was the garden where Cadenza had the werewolf attack Rain for their first 'test'. The traps in the place were disabled and silent now, just like everything and everyone else in the Dome. The Reaper rested herself on the rock that she had just hit and looked across at the third person in the garden.

This person sat upon another rock, with her elbows on her knees and her chin in her hands. The girl's purple eyes looked through her glasses, staring into space. Arina was caught up in her very own thoughts about Johnny. She remembered the time when she had tried to fight him without using her powers--a bad thing to do.

Her thumb finger swept across her lips, as if she were in that moment once more, wiping the blood away.

She couldn't help but smile at Johnny's amazement when she changed her form right in front of him, healing herself in the process.

Arina lifted her eyes to see Raisha's hand in front over her.

"Come on," the Reaper whispered, half-smiling, "it's time to go."

Rain smiled when she took her hand. He had his own thoughts about Johnny; from what he learned from his sister and Arina and from what he saw for himself.

A holy warrior, huh? Ten thousand souls...Even I couldn't have saved that much in my whole lifetime.

The three began down the twisted hallway of roots before emerging where the ceremony was supposed to take place. A number of people were already there, including Zachary and Zorlo, who was standing over the grave.

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["Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet"]