Please read author's note at the end!
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The palace seemed cold and unwelcoming. The moment Allias stepped inside his thoughts ran wild once again. His disheveled appereance shocked everyone, the staff and Mark who had been waiting for him for hours. They had gathered around him concerned and kept asking him questions. If he needed anything, if he was alright, if they had succeeded. All Allias needed was a moment of peace. Just a second where everything would simply get silenced and the worries that occupied his mind would disappear.