Astrius Academy Dorms

Meeko woke the next morning to a strange buzzing,beeping noise. He growled a little bit before batting his hand at the source of the noise. He realized it was the alarm clock on the nightstand and turned it off rubbing his eyes. "I didn't even set the damn alarm clock... the Headmaster must've done that when he brought Atrix's stuff in here." He muttered. He looked over at Atrix. The boy must toss and turn in his sleep a lot. Meeko thought to himself when he saw that all of the sheets and blankets on Atrix's bed were tossed all over the bed and he was barely covered by the blankets. He was still fast asleep.

"Damn, he's a deep sleeper." Meeko muttered. He looked at the clock, it was six am. Meeko got up and began to shake Atrix to try and wake him up. It wasn't working. He tried to think of how to wake him if the shaking didn't work. He saw Atrix's legs sticking out from under the covers. "That's right, younger humans are ticklish." He grinned a little evilly as his tail bent around and began to tickle his bare feet. While his tail tickled his feet, Meeko went for Atrix's underarms to tickle him and hoped that it would wake him up. He didn't bother to get dressed first as he planned on going to the showers as soon as he was able to wake Atrix up. He hoped that they had time get some food too before they had to get to class.

Atrix found himself stepping on cold stone, yet there was fire everywhere. It seemed to be night time, with the full night sky overhead. He felt like himself...but also, not himself. It was strange. And whenever he looked into a reflection, it appeared to be someone else looking into it. A boy, who could not be much older then himself, maybe just a few years older. And then suddenly, one of the puddles began to ripple and...

Atrix found himself bursting awake in suddenly shocked awake with himself with full blown laughter, uncontrollably and violent. He shook the covers off of him, but could not do much else in that state. At least, that was the case...until in his fit of laughter, Atrix ended up falling right into Meeko. As he managed to start to get up, he noticed Meeko right there.

"Oh...ummm...good...morning?"

Looking at Meeko, Atrix couldn't help but even in a somewhat drowsy state, which had been mostly removed by the tickling, Meeko seemed different then himself right there. At least, maybe there was....

Meeko laughed as Atrix finally woke up laughing. "It's about time. I think we need to get a louder alarm clock, I don't know about doing this every morning." He joked. He noticed Atrix get a slightly confused look on his face and followed his line of vision. He looked down and suddenly remembered that he wasn't dressed. He grabbed a towel and quickly wrapped it around his waist, just under his tail in the back.

"Sorry about that. I was gonna go hit the showers before getting breakfast. You might want to do the same, but please wear some other clothes today. Those shorts you threw at me must have been a few days old." Meeko said making a scrunched up face.

Meeko was a little embarrassed that Atrix had seen his differences, but was relieved that he hadn't brought it up. Anyone in the showers would see soon enough, then the rumors would start, then he would be labeled a freak or an outcast. He was glad that Atrix wasn't the type to start those rumors. Now that Atrix was awake, Meeko grabbed some clothes out of the dresser and his room key. "I'll be going to the cafeteria after my shower. I'll meet you there and we can go to class after."

Meeko walked down to the showers and, unfortunately for Meeko, there were quite a few boys in the showers when he got there. He threw his towel on a hook and put his clothes in an empty locker. He walked to one of the far off showers and it wasn't long before the jokes were made about cats not liking water and that sort of thing. He did his best to get done quickly and even his tail scrubbed his back side while he took care of the front. He was done in a few minutes and shook off the excess water before grabbing his towel and drying off the rest of the way. He got dressed and went down to the cafeteria to get some food quickly before his classes started.

Atrix didn't pry any further, since he thought it was weird if he did....though it was hard to suppress his inborn curiosity. After all, Atrix was someone who was a very curious and questioning person. He did perform a large amount of experiments, after all.

"Ah wait, I will come with you" Atrix said, as he scrounged around for his own towel. He almost grabbed his old clothes, but Meeko commented that they had a smell so he went and got a clean pair instead. "And, uhh...its fine. About either you being like that, or the tickling. Though, I do hope you can find a better way next time..."

Atrix wasn't aware about the alarm that had gone off, or that he was a heavy sleeper. This was because he was a heavy sleeper so long as he did not sense danger. If he instinctively sensed danger, he could break it immediately....however, tickling and pranks did not fall under that.

As for the reason he went with Meeko...he was hoping if he went with someone else, he would not get bullied. When he got to the bathing room, there was a large bath that could fit multiple people, but also various showers. Since he wanted to avoid attention, he chose one of the showers that were close to Meeko.

Everything went fine, but when Meeko started to leave, Atrix tried to follow him...but felt his wrist suddenly get twisted behind him, and he got pressed against the wall. He felt his arms suddenly get heavy...and they had been frozen in ice magic. Furthermore, the water turned from the hot water he enjoyed to nearly freezing water.

"Don't think you can avoid us forever, brat".

The bullies mentioned this as they walked away. It took Atrix some time before he finally broke out, and he quickly dried off afterwards and went to join Meeko in the cafeteria to eat before class. Of course, it took him awhile though, and in addition to shivering despite having dried off in clean clothes, he was red faced. It seemed Atrix was bad at covering things up in addition to monitoring his own health.

Meeko felt bad for being so caught up in his own stuff, that he didn't notice what had happened to Atrix until he came to the cafeteria late. He could tell by the way he was red that the bullies had done something and based on his shivering, Meeko guessed it was an ice spell. He saw that Atrix's arms were red too so he figured they had been frozen. Meeko didn't even ask what happened, he didn't want to embarrass Atrix further by making him relive the event, and he used one of the spells he would use on cold nights on the street. He stood up and ran his hands above Atrix's arms and his hands were radiating heat. In no time Atrix would be back to a normal temperature.

"I can't believe I didn't notice you weren't there. If it happens again yell for me and I will help you."

"Uhh...thanks" Atrix said. He never had anyone offer him help before, not since that horrible incident. "Right, anyways...lets get something to eat".

And so, a scene played out in front of Meeko once more...Atrix, eating a volume of food that had to exceed his stomach at least three time over. No matter how much anyone thought it over, it simply was not possible, should not be possible, for Atrix to eat that much food. It defied both rational thought, and spatial calculations.

However, when Atrix looked at the time...

"Shiza! It must have taken me longer to thaw then I thought! We are going to be late if we don't hurry!"

Quickly gulfing down the last of his food, he immediately grabbed Meeko's arm and began to run....first towards their room to get their school stuff, and then to class.

Meeko watched in awe at Atrix's ability to put away the food. He was about to say something about it, but then he looked down at his own plate which was roughly twice the amount someone of his size should be able to eat, so he figured he wasn't in any place to judge. Also the fact that he often forgot to eat, according to what he told Meeko at least, meant that this probably wasn't a bad thing.

When Meeko had only a few bites left on his plate, Atrix suddenly freaked out about the time and grabbed his arm, pulling him to the dorm room. Atrix seemed to be stronger than he looked as he dragged Meeko along. Meeko grabbed his books and threw them in his backpack with his gym clothes before they ran out and barely made it to their first class before the bell rang.

It was core subjects first and he was fine with most of it, but he excelled in the language arts section of the class. He was able to do pretty well in the other subjects as well. But in the back of his mind he was worried about physical development and kind of excited at the same time. He really wanted to learn new spells and work on his combat skills as well.

Lorne looked around the dorms holding his things in his hands... Which building was the boys dorms again?
Panic filled his chest, where was he meant to go? He curled up outside and cried into his knees, what was... he meant to be doing?
The other students completely ignored him as he cried there, silently...

The darkness that had enveloped him for but a moment faded once more, bursting open around him like a bubble, leaving him raw and exposed to the freshness of the simple air. It could have only been for a bare moment and yet something felt instantly wrong, his skin burned as though he had been laying in the snow for hours and yet that could never be possible, even within that empty tower he had not been so cold as all that surely. Ever inch of his skin felt like it was bleeding against the robes that clung tightly to his skin as his eyes flashed open, fighting against what felt like slivers of steel being pressed against his eyelids.

He barely had time to blink before his lungs filled with air that tasted stale and stifled, he hadn't even noticed that he had the need for breath, such was the pain that clung around his form like a shroud it barely registered that the pain was at his very core too. Even as the air rushed into his body it was expelled outwards once more, the breath scoured across his throat, catching as though it were a bare hand across a splintered board of wood rotted by time and wear. It was a scratching and burning thing that caused him to splutter and cough without any hope to control his own body, the coughing only serving to make the pain running through him all the worse as it convulsed through his entire from, causing crashing waves of agony to stretch from his head to his feet as he doubled over, twisting like a trapped worm as the scorching fire tore through his very being.

There was a brief feeling of weightlessness followed almost instantly after by a heavy landing as he crashed down on his left shoulder, fresh pain slinking through his form as he tried to both curl up and push himself to his feet at the same time. He managed to just about pull himself up onto one knee when his body began to convulse once more and against his will a spew of black bile and vomit came pouring out of his mouth and leaking from his nose, the foul concoction of juices splattering loudly upon the floor and spraying horrific chunks of some unknown source across the once fine wood panelling. A thick string of the vomit clung to his lips as he coughed up the last stray strands of the disgustingness, it burned at his throat and caused his head to pound in a steady wave of pain but at the same time it felt as though the foulness had for the most part begun to clear from him.

He managed to rock back on his heels far enough that he was actually sat down, one hand clutching his aching stomach whilst the other supported his back to prevent himself from toppling back over, a dreadful feeling of lightheadedness clung to him now as the pain gradually started to fade. His aching eyes slowly quested around the room he found himself in, it was most certainly not the library tower he had been in moments earlier. Where there had been books there was only walls devoid of detail or note, placed around the room were strange boxes that seemed to serve no obvious purpose as well as a pair of beds, one of which had been made until he had fallen off of it, dragging half he covers off onto the ground with him.

It was harder than he expected to push himself up onto his feet, his legs felt as though they were being weighed down by iron manacles that were chaining him to the slowly spreading puddle of black bile. He needed a drink, or food, or fresh air, anything but to be in this room with that smell still clinging to it. He couldn't see anything around him that would serve to provide him with anything close to anything helpful so painfully he shuffled towards the door, it was a slow process with both of his feet dragging across the floor as he carried himself, half slouched over to the escape to this dreary place. His hands raised together, barely having the strength to raise only one on its own and pulled the door open, sending a cascade of fresh, cool air blasting into his face, causing him to close his tired eyes as he tried to enjoy the somewhat pleasant feeling as he stepped outside into the hallway.

"And I am telling you, it's true!"

"No way is that true!"

"Is too!"

"No way!"

As someone slept on the floor of the hallway, two figures came down. Both of them were around fourteen years old, and they seemed to be in a heated conversation. They were both coming from the outside, from around where the Arcade was on Campus, or at least one of them. They were relatively close, and despite the heated conversation seemed friendly with each other.

"I find it hard to believe that the king really prefers cheeseburgers over fancy foods".

"But it is!"

One of them was Iziti Rixy, and the other was the First Prince of the Kingdom, Zakar Verrevia. However, they were not acting like subject and noble, but two friends argueing over something. Iziti and Zakar both were wearing normal casual clothes, and Zakar also had his sword with him. Iziti had a pair of sunglasses with him, as well as a pair of goggles currently on his arm. Neither one looked particularly stressed despite the arguing, and they seemed rather friendly even.

"That seems too weird".

"We just killed an Ogre that was rampaging by the arcade for some reason, and you think that is odd?!?!"

"Well, yeah. Ogres are normal on this planet".

"...I guess you are right there..."

And then, suddenly, Iziti felt a "squish" under his shoe. It was not vomit though, or food, or someone's pet slime, or pillow. Rather, it was a person.

"Oh....uuhhhhhh...."

Iziti quickly took his shoe off, and used his Teal Color, Examination, to examine Primaris' body to see if he is okay.

"Wonder why he is just passed out on the floor like this..."

Zakar meanwhile was just wondering why he was passed out.

If the boy sprawled on the floor actually noticed someone stepping on his back he didn't make any actual sign. He remained hopelessly unconscious, breathing steadily as if in deepest sleep, hardly aware of the small trail of black vomit that still clung to his clean shaven chin like a poor attempt at putting primal warpaint on his young face. He seemed to all the world to be nothing more than sleeping peacefully if it were not for the fact he were laying face first on the floor, a steadily growing patch of red sprouting across his cheek from where he had collided with the floor of the hallway.

And then, as an ominous shift changed with the very air, a static charge that filled ones heart with energy most foul if only for the briefest of moments if they could so much as feel it, something very, very unusual happened. For only a brief moment as the pulse of what could only be the strongest of magics tore through the very fabric of everything for only a heartbeat the veins on the boys face pulsed with a green light as though his very blood had been replaced with glowing algae. It shone brightly for only a blink of an eye before it too faded into memory so swiftly it seemed as though it had been nought but a trick of illusion and nothing more.

As though it were an unseen signal this strange pulse of green baleful light was a call to arise, for with a loud and strangled gasp as if drawing in breath at last for the first time as the boy who had been unconscious suddenly sprang up into a sitting position. He coughed and spluttered as he awoke once more, looking around himself and at his bare hands, his brown eyes glazed over as though he had just been awoken too early from a long slumber.

"Where... Where am I?" He spoke, coughing as he spoke though finally no more specks of the black and foul smelling vomit left his body as he talked. He couldn't help but rub his face, partially for the pain across his cheek from where he had landed but mostly for the dull ache, that stinging compulsion that felt like something was prodding him from the inside of his brain. It felt as though some large creature was inside the confines of his skull and trying to push its way outwards, urging him to fall forwards or else follow where it was trying to go.

The two noticed the green blood, but did not really think much of it. Iziti was raised in a lab and didn't have a real idea for common sense yet, and Zakar grew up on Origin with weird stuff around all the time.

However, Iziti did find something odd with his Teal Vision, Examination.

"This body...it seems normal. But I coulda swore....it was probably nothing".

Iziti though he felt a very old energy on him, but he shrugged it off.

"Anyways, ummm....are you sick or something? This is Astrius Academy, and we are in the boy's dorms right now. And it looks like that is your room".

Notably, there was a cleaning robot there now cleaning up all the vomit now, returning it to a clean and prestine situation, even eradicating the bacteria.

Kaju'ha was surprised when Hayden grabbed his hand to drag him to the...a... Cafeteria. "I-I'm Kaju'ha. It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance."

They have an all you can eat type of thing and more varieties of food than you can imagine. If you like food this is the place, I mean it's not gourmet, but it's good and there's a lot of it.

Kaju'ha's ears perked up and his eyes widened. "What's your favorite food?" He wondered what people liked. He only ate sandwiches. So he'd have to have Hayden as his "guide". "And you're right. I think that is the technical term for a trans-dimensional rift." He kept his eyes low, trying to not seem creepy by staring at Hayden. It was hard for Kaju'ha not to stare when he was being dragged by his hand.

"What type of magic do you use?" Kaju'ha was surprised that Hayden had knowledge on magic but only used one type of magic. "Couldn't you use more than one type of magic if trained to do so? The body adapts to making a new energy reserve for magic doesn't it?" It might've not been the case, however. That's how it was in Kaju'ha's universe. But for the body to make a new energy reserve, it'd have to cut the current one in half. Everyone was different though.

Hayden finally let go of Kaju'ha's hand when they got to the cafeteria. "I don't really have a favorite food, I like so many of them." He took a big whiff of the air. "But the pizza smells really good today. Follow me and if you have any questions about the food I'll explain it to you... if I know." He chuckled.

Hayden began to explain his powers as he moved along the line looking at the afternoon's selections. "Well I have a rare type of magic that gives me the ability to control machines and technology. They call me a techno-mancer. I think the type of magic I use is so rare that it prevent's me from using other types. Either that or my body can only create the one type of energy from my manna reserves. But most people with magic abilities can train to use multiple types." Hayden spoke as he piled his plate with several types of pizza and some boneless BBQ chicken wings. He did his best not to go too fast through the line so that Kaju'ha could keep up.

Kaju'ha, unaware of what was good and bad, picked what Hayden picked. "I guess that your magic is pretty strong?" He did his best to keep up with Hayden as he continued to pick up when Hayden did. Kaju'ha didn't mean to seem weird if that's what it looked out. He just didn't know what any of the foods were. "As a techno-mancer, what can you do?" Kaju'ha never heard of a techno-mancer before. It sounded cool and epic to him. "Also, what are these?" He rushed up to Hayden's side, pointing at what he picked up. The only food Kaju'ha was familiar with was food transferred through tubes. He never actually ate anything except a sandwich that his brother made him before he popped up here.

When he thought about it, Kaju'ha wondered where his sword was. Maybe he'd go looking for it later on. Or tomorrow. He listened to Hayden as he talked a bit more. If he did. His mind was filled with all types of information, but most of it was unavailable for him to access. His mind only allowed him to remember so much. So when a specific expertise was needed. It took back the current knowledge and replaced it. Or if Kaju'ha wanted to know it all at once, he'd enter a trance which allowed him to rummage through the data in his head.

Hayden smiled as he looked at the curious look in his eyes as he brought up a small bowl with a bunch of grapes in it. "Oh those are grapes. They're a type of fruit, they're kinda sweet and a little tangy. As for what I can do, I think it's easier to show you." He held his tray in one hand and then held out the other. A grey cloud flew out of his hand, it was his nanobots. He had them merge to form a sword in his hands. "You see I got a bunch of microscopic robots in me and I can make them do whatever I want, I'm basically a cyborg now with how these little guys have upgraded me. But I can make any machine do whatever I want." He chuckled.

He made the nanobots go back inside him and he walked to the nearest empty table. He sat down and began to eat the pizza, he was thrilled to be making a friend outside of the science lab for once. "So, do you mind if I call ya Kaj for short? Kaju'ha is a bit of a mouthful."

"T-that's so cool." Kaju'ha was in awe when Hayden made the sword. "You mean like... super tiny robots?" He quickly grabbed a grape, examining it. "I don't mind you calling me Kaj. It's understandable that my name is a bit of a mouthful." Kaju'ha smiled slightly as he sat down next to Hayden, or across. "Would you happen to know how to manifest magic? I did it once but it was considered a fluke. Only a lucky exert. But it was so small and weak that I couldn't do anything with it."

Kaju'ha hadn't tried to manifest magical properties for a long time. Besides, he wasn't sure if they were considered friends. If they were, this would be Kaju'ha's first friend.

Throwing the grape into his mouth, he chewed it slowly with his mouth closing as he did so. Once he swallowed it, he talked. "It's like... The skin is dry, but when you chew it. It's soft underneath." Kaju'ha attempted to pick up his pizza, trying to figure out how to hold it.

Hayden smiled "Yeah, that's it exactly; super tiny robots." He listened to Kaj explain how he had manifested his magic before. "Hmm, I know that the manifestation of magic seems to be different for nearly every species that uses it. I think the best idea would be to recreate the conditions you were in when you manifested it the first time. From there we could analyze the type of magic you use and find ways to focus your natural abilities." Hayden explained, his scientific side getting excited.

He noticed Kaj trying to figure out the pizza. "Like this." Hayden said as he held up the pizza. "You might want to blow on it a little bit first, the cheese can be really hot sometimes and there's nothing worse than burning the roof of your mouth." He then took a bite. "Some people don't like the crust at the back of the slice, but I like to dip them in ranch like a bread stick." He chuckled, not thinking that he probably didn't know what any of the stuff was that he just talked about.

"So what are things like where you're from?"

Kaju'ha followed Hayden's example... thingy. "Conditions? All I know is that I tried to exert my magic when I found myself under rubble. I was only under rubble because Ark wanted to make my brother angry. They blamed it on the competitor which he used to fight against. But I guess my magical properties were dampened even more when I was put into cryo to stop my injuries from getting worse." But Kaj kept away from how he got his scars. Nor would he mention the burns on his lower back area. "My sword took in the small exertion but I have to find it. Hopefully, I do find it."

Kaj took a huge bite out of his pizza. "The place where I'm from revolved around a war. Two factions competing for the favor of a General. Weird, but the General was considered the leader of the world. No one dared to go against him, except Trejik's core. To do so, they snuck into Ark and stole some highly classified detail on my brother. Then proceeded to kill his wife. The entire intent was to make it so Jonathan attacked Trejik's core, bringing it to its knees. Then Trejik's core could ask for a permanent execution of Ark." Kaj continued rumbling on he didn't notice he was halfway through his food. He'd only been there for about... two minutes? He wasn't sure. "Also. What's ranch and a breadstick?" Kaj asked randomly as he stared at Hayden with his innocent demeanor.

Hayden listened quietly as Kaj told his story about his home world being ravaged by war. The look on Hayden's face was serious and somber as he saw the emotions wash over Kaj's face. "I get that everyone has a soft spot for home, but, if your home world is being ravaged by war, do you really want to go back there?" Hayden asked, trying not to sound too rude. He found himself staring at Kaj as he ate, the way someone stares at a difficult math problem hoping to suddenly understand it.

"So you say that your magical exertion was absorbed by your sword. So that's definitely a form of power transference, the sword may possibly be a channeling devise. You arrived here from another dimension. Damn this would be so much easier to figure out if we were in the lab. I could build a machine to identify your dimensional signature, then use that to find your sword. I could also build something to identify your magic type, or rather the type of magic you're attuned to and most likely to be able to use." Hayden said scratching at his chin, still staring at Kaj.

When Kaj asked about the bread sticks and ranch, Hayden smirked and tried to hold back his laughter. "I saw how fast you were reading in the library. Next time we go in there, we're going to go through the culinary section." Hayden chuckled. "When we're done here we can go to one of the labs and I'll throw together those machines real quick to help us out here then we can get you training on some basic magic."

Kaj smiled. "What's culinary?" He asked quietly but awkwardly. Kaj knew nothing of culinary. "I do not intend to head back to my world. I only aim to find my brothers. If possible. I'd like to settle down here, hoping it isn't as bad." Kaj looked back down at his food. "What's a dimensional signature? Is it like when the body is born from a different universe, then when moved to a different universe, it stays the same but it's different than the world they're in, per say?" This was simply Kaj's speculation. Simple guesswork, as his mind wasn't fitting itself for this type of knowledge.

"My sword might be with my brother, but I have no idea where he is." Kaj had a weird sword. If he couldn't find it, it'd be near or next to him once he slept and awoke. So maybe the library would be a good place to look around since he slept there for who knows how long. "Or it might be in the library now that I think of it." Kaj grabbed some more food to eat. He cleared his plate thing in about two more minutes. His stomach was like a trash compactor. Since he hadn't eaten any solid food until today, he could take a lot.

"So how does one train? What is training on basic magic like?" He repositioned himself to have his body face Hayden so he didn't need to turn his head. Kaj would like to stay away from the 'labs', and he spoke his mind. "I'd like to stay away from these... labs. I don't have fond memories regarding them." Including he was made in one.

"Culinary is all about food." Hayden chuckled. "Origin, this world, is a really nice place. I'm glad you plan on staying. You're kinda right about a dimensional signature, every dimension or alternate universe has a unique type of resonance frequency that can be tracked." He said.

"It might be difficult to track the sword without using the lab, but I'm sure we will figure something out. As for the magic training it's basically helping you to learn how to harness your natural powers and learn the basics of controlling them. It can be fun, but also frustrating in the beginning." Hayden could see the glimmer of fear in Kaj's eyes as he spoke about the labs, so he decided not to push it too much. "I might actually have the stuff I need to make those things in my dorm room. I could make the stuff I needed there if you'd prefer. I promise they won't hurt." Hayden still thought they would have better luck with his machines rather than just looking the old fashioned way.

Kaj tilted his head. "Harnessing? I never thought of it that way. Why does culinary sound not-about-food kinda?" Kaj's mind, once again, started to take in the information. No matter how small it seemed. "Well, how would you trace the sword? It wasn't made to be a device... exactly. I don't even know what it does. It just appeared to me one day. All it ever did was take whatever little energy/magic I could exert." But since then, he's been in so many situations where he would have died. But somehow he came through.

Kaj could feel a throbbing pain in his head. Something exerted so much energy, he could feel it. No matter how far away it was. But then he was hit with another feeling. Kaj felt a pullback towards the library. Something had either awoken there, or the person who gave him the sword had appeared in this world and now the sword was calling out to Kaj. He was unsure.

Hayden felt the sudden burst of high powered magic hit him like a wave. It seemed to be coming from outside. He shrugged it off until he saw Kaj was in pain. He scanned the area for potential attacks being made on Kaj, but read nothing on any of the frequencies that magic normally used.

"What's wrong? Are you going to be okay?" Hayden was a little confused and scared. "Do you need a doctor or are you going to be alright?"

"I-I'm fine. I just think the person who gave me the sword appeared somewhere in this universe..." Kaj muttered quietly as he stood up. "I'm going to go look in the library, but you're free to come along." He smiled brightly as he tried to figure out the way to the library. "But, um... Which way do I go to get to the library?" Kaj asked as he pointed all over the place. He wasn't good at remembering the way he came. Or it might've been because he was dragged here. "Besides. I don't think a doctor can help me. I'm bonded to the sword..." His voice trailed off as he stopped and thought for a minute.