Silence may have fallen between them, but it felt comfortable, poignant for a departure from the imagery of their loved ones. Long and steep the wall may have been yet Ashe didn't acknowledge this, for it seemed as if she had already made the greatest effort in turning from her past loss.

With the light beckoning brightly ahead her pace hastened, though not once did the princess break step with the man whose hand had acted as a lifeline through many trials of late. Concentrating on both of these the breakthrough to Guadosalam came all the sooner, upon which all that separated the two from the outside world was that one hole up ahead.

Undisturbed by the Guado, she breathed deeply, yet satisfaction would only come when the rooted city was truly behind, and nothing held back the future for herself, and Delita.