Small Differences

None of them said a word as they walked the whole way down. It wasn't until Xilo finally reached even ground where he decided to swallow that sour taste in his mouth as he tried to speak up.

"So what do we want to do now?"

"Up to you, but I think it's best if we just leave here...."

"You're not wrong....for now we should at least gain some distance from this place and sleep for the night."

"Alright."

"....."

Watching both talk Relia wondered how she should speak up but each time she tried she would just stop. "Just keep trying. They need to know, If you let that thing devourer all the Beasts in the mountain carnage is gonna run havoc. That Astral Beast is not something to mess around with." "I can't....Can you?" Saying that she took a deep breath as she suggested something she knew wasn't safe while they started walking towards the town to find a place to sleep. She waited for Azalu's reply the whole time but all she recieved was silence so she tried again."Can you do it for me....?" "Do you really want me to do that? You know that the more we do such a thing the bigger the consequences will be eventually." "....I do, regardless it'll happen eventually." Listening to Relia, Azalu deeply sighed as she heard her try and run from her problems once again but she didn't blame her completely, plus a small part of her enjoyed the feeling of being alive again. "Fine I'll do it." "Thanks." Falling silent Relia let Azalu take control.

She could see whatever Relia saw and interact with her but it was never the same as it used to be. So she was going to enjoy it while Relia decided to tuck herself in a corner. "One day you'll get better at this, I promise." Whispering that to no one in particular Azalu concentrated as she broke through Relia's mental barrier after being let in and settled into place as she stretched her body after so long."You okay Relia?" "Yes." After checking up on Relia and making sure she was okay she stopped paying attention to her as she followed Xilo and Xelfia to wherever they decided to go for now. Throughout the whole time she tried to act like Relia the best she could to try and keep her act up but there were definitely some flaws in her performance, she just had to hope it went unnoticed.

"Should be fine." After an hour of walking they finally stopped by a tree that was in the middle of the fields surrounded by nothing but flowers and grass. "It's been a long time since I've been under the stars like this." Staring up at the moonlight as it grew stronger she went through her memories that she long tried to forget. "This isn't my life anymore." Shaking it away she looked down at the tree for a brief second before she looked at Xilo while surprise filled her heart.

"Who are you?"

"....?"

Wondering what he was talking about he watched as he repeated himself while looking her directly in the eyes as she felt a shiver run down her spine. As a vicious cold tone she hadn't heard from Xilo before grated at her ears while she was locked in place unable to move. "There's no way he noticed." But everything about his body language and tone said otherwise.

"So you noticed it too then?"

"Indeed."

Hearing Xelfia even chime in as well Relia shrunk back a little bit as she leaned against a tree facing both of their overwhelming presences. "They're so incredibly weak yet...." She tried to break their pressure but it was pointless in this body. She was no longer strong, she was just plain old Relia with basic strength and that hit her hard. "When was the last time I felt so weak? Maybe the day I died…?" However she didn't get a chance to think about it as Xilo's voice dug even deeper into her skin while she stayed silent.

"Talk."

Moving up to her he grabbed Relia's body as he looked at her trying to find what he was looking for. "She doesn't seem any different but the way she carries herself along with her aura..What happened?" He was almost positive it was still Relia but at the same time she felt like a completely different person and that scared him.

"what are you talking about Xilo?"

Listening to her voice even the way she had talked had changed along with the tone of her voice.

"You aren't Relia..."

"....."

"Xilo, settle down a little bit, if you scare her too much she won't say anything."

Listening to Xelifa he wondered what she was talking about until he looked down and realized he was gripping Relia's shoulders so tightly that he could hear them straining themselves. "Whoops." Backing off he tried to settle down as he kept Relia in his vision.

"Sorry, But who are you, really?"

Rubbing her shoulders to relieve the pain she sighed as she stopped playing dumb and looked at the two of them in the silence of the night.

"I'm....."

Feeling herself stutter for the first time in a long time she paused as she tried to think of what to tell them.

"I'm Relia....And I'm not."

""huh?""

Hearing that both of them looked at her like she was crazy but there was nothing else they could say. The differences she had shown before and the way she was acting now was just to strange and while they didn't know her for very long yet both of them were pretty good at picking up the small changes in most people. So unless she was a god tier actor then something was going on.

"Hmmm...Maybe that's not a good way to explain it. Would it be easier to understand then if I said I was a split personality?"

""....""