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[It's Thursday evening and the sun is slowly beginning to set. As dusk falls, Luceti residents who are near the south east edge of the village may notice a peculiar shimmering in the bushes. Like dancing sparkles, if you will. They may easily be mistaken for fireflies, but that is far from the truth.

Yuan has returned from his (silent) kidnapping and mana is literally evaporating from his body. Bright sparkles are rising up from his skin, before fading into the night air. Not to mention the peculiar smell coming from him. Evaporating mana emits a rather unique aroma that's neither pleasant nor unpleasant. The best way to decribe it would be... 'odd'. It's both a curious situation and an extremely embarrassing one, which is why he makes sure to stick to the forest's edge as he slowly makes his way home. He'd reach house 8 a lot faster if he crossed through the village itself, but he'd rather take a detour than make himself the center of attention.

All the way around the northern edge of the village he goes, but the closer he gets to house 8, the more exhausted he feels. Losing mana is like losing life and the more he pushes himself, the greater the fight to stay conscious. He'll get there eventually! Anyone is free to spot the peculiar sparkling man along the way.]

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And how can we restore your mana? You say this is potentially dangerous, is there any way to make it so you don't get too drained?

If I can get home, Kratos... [He trails off, shaking his head.] Someone from my world may be able to transfer some mana to my body.

Then we'll need to get you home. I wish there was more that I could do to restore mana, but I have a feeling infusing you with the Force wouldn't do much good. Are you injured anywhere?

[Infusing Yuan with whatnow? Force? That doesn't sound pleasant. As for the injuries, it's nothing but bruises and chafes.]

No, I'm fine. ... I only need to rest.

Then, lets get you indoors

[He'll press on.]

May I ask, why are you so reluctant to accept my help? I sensed a great deal of hostility at first.

[Yuan's silent for a moment. People often complain about his reluctance to accept help, but nobody's ever asked him why. Most people would call it stubborn pride.]

... You never know who you can trust in a place like this.

I suppose. I've never had much trouble with that, but...being able to sense emotions and lies tends to help in that department.

[shrug]]

... You can sense that? How?

The Force. The power of a Jedi. And...body language isn't hard to read either, most of the time.

[Jedi...? He's not even going to ask.]

That sort of thing must come in useful.

It helps. Particularly when dealing with new people.

How many residents with... malicious intent have you found so far?

So far? Drusilla. Thats all.

Hm... That isn't too bad, then. [Though, Yuan can think of at least one other. Two if Ratatosk ever shows his face again.]

No, not really. Most of the people seem to be heroes in their own worlds, not so many villains. That, or ordinary people.

I rather hope it stays that way.

As do I.

Have you been here long?

... Over four years.

[He doesn't sound at all proud of such a feat, though. Nobody in their right mind would be.]

That...is quite a length of time. I'm sorry to hear it.

... Strangely enough, there are two others from my world who've been here for just as long, if not longer. Aside from us, I believe there's only one other who's been here that long.

[So in short, four people who've been in Luceti for over four years, and three of them are from Yuan's world. The fourth is living with one of the other three. It just can't be a coincidence.]

Really? Are there many from your world here then?

[He sounds impressed, but he's really more curious than anything]

... Eight of them, I believe. [Well, ten if he counts Dhaos and Arche, but they're from so far ahead in the future that it doesn't entirely count.]

Eight? Thats quite a lot. There are only two others from mine.

Who knows? Perhaps more of them will arrive in due time.

Perhaps. I can honestly say I was surprised to meet a younger version of my Father in Luceti though.

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