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Kraxka Zaku enjoyed the meal with his daughter and wife, although his mind seemed elsewhere.
"Dear, what is it?" asked his wife, Krixia Mazi. "I see that you're troubled… Is there something in your mind? I-I know many things are happening around us, the Scaled God and the savage tribes and then this strange invisible barrier but… You shouldn't think too deeply about problems we cannot really solve aside from moving out."
"I know…" sighed Kraxka, as he touched his wife's tail with his own and coiled it around hers in an act akin to holding hands for lizardmen. "I am just worried about our future as a tribe. My father always told me that I had to guide and protect everyone… But now, even as Rank 2 Peak Stage and the strongest of the tribe, I don't know if I am even capable of… The element I inherited from my family, life… can it really keep helping everyone?"