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----Back to the Present-----

"Like I said did you have to kill the innkeeper?" Gaia asked once again while staring at me munching on some bandits who tried to rob us.

I sighed before I swallowed the hunk of calf I was chewing on and then spoke.... Manners first kids.

"What if I told you that I needed to sacrifice his body and his soul in order to keep my own? A part of my power is borrowed and in exchange for that borrowed power I need to sacrifice the body and soul of whoever made me activate that power. It's a bitch of a deal but bottom line is someone elses soul for my own."

That made his face pale as I said that. I knew that there was probably a gentler way to say that if I needed to say that at all but time was ticking and we only stopped here for lunch. Which reminds me...