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         The journey was longer and heavier than he had expected. On his earlier travels to the outside world, the so called training through surviving exercises, he did not have a time limit. Now he needed to be fast, the Guardian was not someone you would leave waiting. Wanting a break he took one of the capsules out of his pocket that he would have on him at all times. A small and fast POOF later there was a motorcycle in front of him. Getting up it, he started and drove off. The top speed could match his own, but it could go on forever as where Castano needed a break every now and then. He had hoped he would have been able to fly properly, but that was a trick he hadn't been able to master just yet.

He could fly, he knew the technique, but he wasn't very good at it. He could only fly for short moments and it would take most of his energy. So far he only used it in fights, to surprise his opponents, or rather his fellow students. As he had never fought anyone else outside the school. Lost in thought he hardly noticed the tower in front of him. The tower could be seen from very far away. It took another day of travelling before Castano stood at the foot of the tower. According to the Masters the Look Out was located far above the tower and so there was no other solution then to climb the tower, even though it might take him a very long time.

The tower was known as Korin Tower after the hermit who lives in the top of the tower. As the story goes, Castano's ancestor has been on top of the tower and was trained and familiar with the hermit. Castano spit in his hands and rubbed them together. At the foot of the tower he took off the weighted clothing he wore as part of his training, it was part of the philosophy of the school to wear them. He left them and started to climb and although he could not see the end of the tower, he felt optimistic that he would make it.

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Three hours of climbing and Castano could still not see an end to the tower. He started to doubt if there really was an end. If he ever reached the top he would advise Dende to install an elevator, that isn't really a luxury in this case. The legends say that climbing the tower took three days, but Castano had always believed this to be exaggeration. There was nobody who would climb for that long. And if Dende needed his urgent help, would he really let him climb for three days? Trying not to think about the end, but about the journey he continued to climb, wherever it may take him.