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"That guy...I'm not sure if he's forgotten about you." The mysterious player suggested quietly. "Did he give you any means to remember him by? Surely, if he has, he's made it clear that he'll remember you." Kahlan's hand reached up subconsciously to gently touch the <<Traveler's Rags>> that she had worn since she received them

He paused then, so quietly. "If he hasn't...perhaps he didn't try hard enough."

With that, he and the boy left, walking away, skirting round the tavern to get by it. Kahlan just stood there motionless. There was so much she still wanted to say. So much she wanted to understand. She wanted him to come back. She wanted to reach out to him, to tell him she wanted to tell him more. The reason why she felt this way, that they were so similar yet so different. Of course she understood that. Of course she had been there. She had crashed, lost all hope. She lost everything. But the reason why she was able to move on was because of a promise she had made long ago. Of course she knew the feeling. She probably knew it better than anyone. But why couldn't he see that? That there was another way?

She wanted to desperately run after him to tell him. But no matter what she tried, her feet would not move from that spot in the snow. Her hand clenched the <<Accesory>> that was adorned on her neck. It was the same. She was unable to convince HIM in the past and now she was unable to convince yet another person that her ideals were true. Was what she had been fighting for all this time a lie? All the hardships and experience? All the bonds she made? Everything she had thought she had fought for, all the lives she lost and the pain it brought her. If all that couldn't help her explain her ideals then what could? Why couldn't she get it across to him? Maybe....... Maybe if she told him where she was coming from. Maybe if he knew her story, then maybe he might understand. But.... Kahlan had never revealed that tragedy to anyone before and she tired her best to forget about it. But... If it was necessary to get her point across, then she would have to do it. The problem was..... Could she do it?

Finally, Kahlan's feet were able to move. One step.... Two steps.... Three.... She wasn't going to just let him walk off like that. She needed to understand. In a flash, Kahlan broke out running in the direction where the player had vanished. Unfortunately, the falling snow, covered up the tracks in an instant, but this was no problem. The Paladin activated her <<Tracking>> skill. If that boy was not with him, this would be impossible because of that damned cloak he was wearing, but Kahlan quickly began to follow what looked to be the boy's trail.

They didn't go far. The tracks led to a nearby inn and Kahlan quickly entered the warm welcome of being indoors. She asked the inn keeper if a cloaked player and a small boy were here and sure enough, the innkeeper pointed in the direction of the stairs.

"Your the second one to ask about someone in this inn, young lady. That pair you asked for was asking about a double blader and a red haired girl. Are those also acquaintances of yours."

Marius and Refa? That's when she remembered. This was the inn, Marius told her to meet him at. Kahlan quickly nodded a brief yes and thank you to the innkeeper and she bounded up the stairs. Sure enough, the familiar face of the small boy was easy to spot from across the hall and Kahlan approached them. She suddenly felt embarrassed. They had just parted a little while ago. Would he think that she was chasing after him? No matter, she needed to talk to him.

"I-....I wasn't finished yet......" Kahlan's hand was again, touching the <<Traveler's Rags>> around her neck.