As Raven dealt with her bubbling feelings that she forcefully suppressed, Ozul drifted off to sleep with his own thoughts.
This had been on his mind for a very long time now but he had always been putting it off for later.
'It would be understandable in the case of Raven since she had no one else to rely on but me...' he couldn't put his fingers on it, but something was evidently off. 'Maybe even Blaze's case can be dismissed as he had no meaning to his life after massacring his village... but what about Zier?'
Even now, he felt that sickly kid was somewhat wary of them. Yet, he went ahead with everything that he ordered him to do.
His case had made him wonder about Raven and Blaze as well. Why were they willing to lay down their lives for him?
As he relaxed in the arms of the illusory nothingness he had made for himself in the name of sleep, Ozul pondered these concerns to himself.