Aaran stepped out of the portal, but he now had a terrible headache. He leaned against a tree for support and moaned,"What is that?" He slowly sank to the ground and held his head in his hands,"I'm sorry, I'll be a minute." He gasped and waved for them to keep going.
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Taylor laughed,"I'm not going to eat your head, I promise, okay? Just keep me well fed with plenty of sunshine and fresh air and you'll be fine."
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Kristen smiled and twirled back,"Yeah, but I miss way back when sometimes. Life was a little less crazy, but I like freedom. No more cafeteria food that tastes like cardboard."
Elina looked to her brother, then glanced to Aaran at his distress. She searched around, but didn't see anything that would cause such agony. "Enoch, stay with him. Find out what's wrong. I have to see to Racine.
Racine was relieved to see his sister. He glanced to Harbinger and grew suspicious, because he was smirking. He left him, to walk over to Elina. "It is good to see you all." He said as he looked to the rest of the generals that had accompanied her. "Thorn, Saber, Xton and Tyr." He said in greeting. But before he could finish, they all placed a hand upon him and started chanting. He just smiled in appreciation at the gift of their power. In no time, he was back to himself. He sighed softly in relief. "Thank you. " He said with conviction.
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Enoch knelt down by Aaran. "Are you alright? Are you ill?" He asked concerned about his friend.
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Nashton snorted, "Yeah, because you an actually eat that." He then made a high pitched voice and said, "Oh, I simply cannot eat another ray of sunshine. I could just burst! "
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Orson chuckled, "I will never miss being a captive, but the food had it's purpose. It was at least edible." He said reflectively.