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in agreement, Galena thought of life
giving energy flowing into their blood. Instantly, she felt more
alive, her senses were more alert. The blue sky looked brighter and
the trees surrounding them were richer brown. She took a deep
breath and noticed even the air smelled sweeter. Galena felt she
could run for hours, days, or even weeks. Looking at Elenio, she
saw the same alert expression on his face.
    He smiled at her and reaching down to grab
his sword and scabbard, strapped them around his waist as Galena
collected the rest of their things.
    “Remember this won’t last forever, so we need
to be someplace safe when we come down from the energy burst.”
Galena looked around and seeing the direction of the sun, headed
off at an incredible sprint with Elenio on her heels.
    That day and the majority of the night, they
covered twice as much ground as they had the day before. Galena
believed she could go on running through the night and the next
day, but Elenio proved to be the voice of reason on this
matter.
    “We could, but the crash that’s going to
follow this huge burst of energy will be even harder on our bodies.
We have to rest for a least a short while and get something to
eat,” he responded to her unspoken thoughts.
    Galena was annoyed, but agreed, knowing he
was right. Grabbing Twoit from her pack, she put the ferret on the
ground. She noticed the ferret was still half-asleep so she
proceeded to get the food and campfire ready.
    Elenio grabbed a couple pieces of fruit from
his own pack, tossing an apple to Galena, which she nearly missed
because she hadn’t been paying attention.
    “Hey, next time warn me,” she said grouchily
at him.
    To which he tossed another apple at her,
succeeding in smacking her in the back of the head. She turned to
glare at him and found him smiling broadly down at her.
    “Ooops.”
    “Ooops this,” she said under breath. Standing
quickly, she flung her hand in the air, directing the wind up and
under Elenio, and raising him high into the air. She directed the
air toward a tree, noting the reaction Elenio had by covering his
face with his arms, and yelling for her to put him down all the
while. Instead of slamming him into the tree as he obviously
thought she was about to do, she made the wind deposit him on the
highest branch that would support his weight. Keeping the wind
there and ready in case he should lose his balance, she looked up
at him and returned his previous smile with a wide one of her own.
“Have fun getting down.” She turned and walked back to the
campfire, retrieved the apple he had hit her in the head with, and
took a giant bite before sitting down to watch Elenio’s slow
progress climbing out of the tree.
    After a short while, Galena gave in to
Elenio’s grumblings when he got half way down from his previous
position. She sent a gust of wind to help him the rest of the way
to the ground. She had the wind drop him on his butt though, making
her feel better about giving in and helping him in the first
place.
    “You used to be a lot more fun before you
used magic for everything,” he said, still wearing a sour
expression on his face.
    “Like I said before, a lot more fun for you
maybe, but I’m enjoying it this way.” Galena crawled over and sat
down beside him, handing him a piece of sweet bread.
    He ripped off a chunk, still glowering at the
campfire. “Do you think, if you defeat Rau, and you had better beat
him, I’ll be able to do magic too?”
    “I don’t know. I’ve thought about it, but I
don’t know the answer. I guess we’ll find out if we succeed. I’m
trying not to think that far ahead. It feels like I’m setting
myself up for failure if I do.”
    Elenio jerked his head once in response to
this. They continued eating in silence until they finished.
Deciding that it would be pointless to create a bed just for a
couple of hours, they slept on the ground that night.
    The next morning rays greeted Galena and
Elenio as they continued their