534 Oval Enigma

"That doesn't change anything, though," he told her, keeping hold of her hand with a smile returning across his lips, "This is what has to happen. If we want to live out our lives in this world, Mastorn has to be stopped–King Held has to be stopped. It just so happens that the burden falls on our shoulders." 

Iris shook her head with a shared smile as her azure locks cascaded down her slender shoulders, "It's not just us. All of the Outlanders, and a lot of other people, are working towards this. We'll make it."

"I know," he smiled as well. 

Entering through the Gladiolus guild doors they settled down on the couches in the center area of the guild hall, waiting for Akshay and his specially chosen members to arrive. 

"...I just realized, he didn't really give us a time, did he?" He asked boredly. 

"Most people don't really have specifics on the time, Ren," she told him.