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"An old man with a childish attitude, should I correct myself."
"Hmph."
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Keita began preparing everything they needed for the summoning process. The patterns of the Shliz, the necessary materials, the steps-- reviewing those words over and over again in his head until he no longer needed the parchment he wrote on.
"Are you both ready?"
His cyanic eyes lingered on the two water users' forms with an expectant gaze, hoping that they would bob their heads down in return.
What he didn't suppose was that both of them wore reassuring smiles on their visages.
"Yep, now don't keep this ol' man waiting," Cynorus teased back, grinning widely with his pearly canine teeth glistening under the rays of the sun. Keita's left eye twitched at the sight of the dumb grin the angel wore.
For some unknown reason, it annoyed him more than it should.