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39. The Power Of Two

  Oh, good morrow, dear reader...

  Good morrow indeed...

  Tis a wonderful morn, I imagine...

  Why...

  With me...

  Do the very birds find themselves a flutter with joy...

  Even so, do the very rays of sun...

  Beckon hope to the very sons of men...

  Hmmm?

  Where do I live?

  Why...

  Twould do us both a disservice to merely explain the very thing...

  Yes...

  Twould do us both a disservice...

  Hmmm?

  A hint?

  Why...

  Hmmm...

  I suppose I may...

  Yes...

  For...

  Indeed...

  I do find myself in a place uncommon to many an eye...

  Yes...

  Hmmm?

  Terrible, you say?

  Why...

  Twould be the very best description of it, I would say...

  For...

  Indeed...

  Tis a place from which not many a man have walked with their lives...

  And even of...

  Does it fail to find itself so any longer...

  Yes...

  Hmmm?

  Why...

  Tis merely the way it finds itself so...

  Well, I suppose the very tale would require many an elucidation...

  Yes...

  Well...

  I suppose we may well continue...

  Hmmm?

  A further explanation?

  Hmm...

  Well...

  The very land...

  Does indeed find itself to be magical...

  Yes...

  Why...

  The very...

  Hmm...

  Well...

  Tis a very many assortment of tales, I would say...

  Why...

  Even so...

  Does the very land remain itself magical...

  Yes...

  Hmmm?

  Why...

  Twould be simplest to say...

  That the very nature of magics within has indeed changed...

  And of it...

  Indeed...

  Does the very wind, even so as it once upon a time found itself unkindly...

  Now blow to the whims to the ecstasy of man...

  Yes...

  Hmmm?

  How so?

  Why...

  Tis a very long series of tales, I would say...

  For...

  Indeed...

  Twould take many a moment...

  Nay...

  Even so, many an explanation...

  To even give wind...

  To the very meaning of the tale...

  Why...

  Twould do me wrong...

  To merely tell it as so...

  Yes...

  And of that...

  Indeed...

  Must I find myself removed of such...

  Hmmm?

  A hint?

  Why...

  I suppose a very one would fail to hurt...

  For...

  Indeed...

  Twas a mighty change, as one would say...

  And thereof...

  Indeed...

  Do Jake Phyr and his compatriots...

  Find themselves responsible...

  Yes...

  Hmmm...

  Why...

  Twould be a long take, I would say...

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  Yes...

  And of it...

  Indeed...

  Twould be a failure to merely state it as a common thing...

  For...

  Indeed...

  Did a great battle occur...

  And thereof...

  Why...

  Dare I say...

  Twould be best to merely continue...

  Yes...

  Now then...

  Where did I leave the very two of us...

  Ah, yes...

  Twas at the very battle...

  Indeed...

  The very battle...

  The one that found itself...

  The precursor...

  To the very things of Jake's life...

  Yes...

  The very night itself...

  Failed to foretell the happenings that were to occur...

  For...

  Even so, as a stream of flames spewed out of the very mouth of Jon Hessenger...

  Even so, as the Knights jumped upon the rooftops...

  And scatter thereof...

  Indeed...

  Did the night foretell nothing of the tale...

  Well...

  I suppose I may well carry on...

  Yes...

  For...

  Indeed...

  It fails to be long now...

  Yes...

  It shall not be long!

  Now then...

  Where was I...

  Ah, yes...

  Twas the very stream of flames that did strike of the Knights...

  And of them...

  Yes...

  Twas a mere four that remained...

  For...

  Indeed...

  The very many that did find themselves of battle...

  Now found themselves upon the very ground...

  Burnt...

  Even so unto death...

  Yes...

  Fail to error of such, dear reader...

  For...

  Even so as the Knights would fail to shudder at the sight of a boulder...

  Nay...

  Even so, at the very sight of armor...

  Indeed...

  Twould be that flames...

  Yes...

  Even so, flames...

  May well spell his end...

  And of it...

  Why...

  Did the very Knights find themselves of...

  How you say...

  A conundrum...

  Yes...

  Hmmm?

  Well, I suppose a bit of elucidation is required...

  Yes...

  And if it...

  Worry not...

  It shan't take long...

  Yes...

  Twas the very being that stood in front of them, dear reader...

  For...

  Indeed...

  Twas not merely Vance nor Jon...

  Nay...

  Twas the very pair of them...

  And of that...

  Indeed...

  Did the very pair find themselves to be brothers...

  Nay...

  Even so, ...

  Brothers of a similar ideal...

  Nay...

  Even so, brothers who found themselves...

  Of each other's understanding...

  Hmmm?

  Know ye not that a man may do battle alongside his brother?

  And of it...

  Why...

  Does it find itself to be quite terrifying...

  If the very pair upon which a man has placed his claim...

  Find themselves to be brothers...

  Even so into their very hearts...

  For...

  Indeed...

  Even so as Sir Geldman Morrow did think to approach the very pair from the rooftops...

  Geldman: (thinking: If I may merely separate the two of them...)

  Indeed...

  Even so, as the very younger find himself merely aiming at the Morrow clan member's very allies...

  Even so, as Jon Hessenger merely ignored him...

  Indeed...

  Did Vance Hessenger...

  Spotting his very enemy...

  Making the plan to hurl his blade to his opponents...

  Why...

  I must say...

  A truly strange way to battle...

  For...

  Indeed...

  Tis in many ways unwise to merely...

  Throw away one's own weapon...

  Why...

  The very idea finds itself to be absurd, I would say...

  However...

  Indeed...

  Tis of battle...

  And of it, dear reader...

  Do always fail...

  To consider even the most daring of strategies...

  Most so...

  When one finds oneself in a situation...

  In which death finds itself so...

  Close to the ear...

  Yes...

  Well, I suppose...

  Given your life...

  And of that, I mean you no disrespect...

  I would say...

  Do fail to fail to be a warrior...

  Yes...

  Indeed...

  Do find yourself considering even the madness of ideologies...

  For...

  Indeed...

  Twould do you mightily to think of such...

  For...

  Defeat, dear reader...

  Tis a bitter thing...

  Yes...

  A bitter thing indeed...

  And of it, ....

  Why...

  Was Sir Geldman Morrow...

  Simply not a man of common stature...

  For...

  Geldman: (thinking: I shall hurl my first blade...)

  He did indeed fail to be a fool...

  Yes...

  Do be wary, dear reader...

  For...

  Indeed...

  Tis a foolish thing to attack a compatriot...

  And fail to realise...

  That the very end of your...

  Hmmm...

  Well, I suppose the very word would be winnings...

  May well rise from the very eyes...

  Nay...

  Even so, the very actions...

  Of the man who cares for him...

  Yes...

  And thereof...

  Indeed...

  Did Sir Geldman Morrow bear notice...

  Even so, had it been for merely a second...

  Of the very eyes of Vance Hessenger...

  Yes...

  For...

  Indeed...

  Did the very man's eyes find his...

  Even so, as he climbed...

  Nay...

  Even so, as it was merely for a second...

  However...

  Geldman: (thinking: And thereafter... my second...)

  Indeed...

  Was Sir Geldman Morrow many things...

  However...

  Twas a fool that failed to find itself within him...

  For...

  Indeed...

  He was fully aware of the very machinations...

  Of the common fighting pair...

  Geldman: (thinking: I shall likely miss with my first... However...)

  Indeed...

  Was the man wise beyond the years of many a man...

  For...

  Indeed...

  Did he fail to fall under the folly of man...

  To think himself of wisdom that he lacked...

  Nay...

  For he merely did as was his experience his teacher...

  Yes...

  To make an odd move...

  And of that...

  Why...

  Even so...

  To make the very move twice...

  Yes...

  Geldman: (thinking: Shall I manage to separate the very two... Nay... Even so harm them... Indeed.)

  Yes...

  Twas his battle plan...

  And of it...

  Why...

  Twas a clever one, I may say...

  Yes...

  Do fail to be fooled, dear reader...

  Indeed...

  Do fail to be fooled...

  For...

  The man by the name of Vance Hessenger...

  Why...

  Twould be best to say...

  That the very man...

  Why...

  I do suppose the very idea would find itself among the simpler things of man...

  Hmmm?

  Why...

  I merely mean to say...

  Well...

  I suppose the very many things of this shall find themselves best elucidated...

  Shall I fully explain the very things that resulted of this confrontation...

  Yes...

  For...

  Indeed...

  Twas as the very man by the name of Sir Geldman Morrow found himself...

  Upon the very rooftops...

  His eyes upon the very opponents...

  Whose very lives he swore to soon claim...

  Indeed...

  Twas even then...

  As his eyes made contact with those of the man by the name of Vance Hessenger...

  Even so, as his very eyes prepared themselves for the trickery he was about to pursue...

  Yes...

  The very splitting of these men...

  Yes...

  The very splitting of these shinobi...

  Indeed...

  This shinobi...

  Whom, by an unknown means...

  Found themselves...

  To wield the very powers of magic...

  And thereof...

  Why...

  Was the very Knight...

  Even so, in his bravery...

  Perturbed...

  Yes...

  Even so as these many things found themselves upon the very land of Vesturia...

  Yes...

  Even so as the many thoughts by the mind of Sir Geldman Morrow came to a flutter...

  Geldman: (thinking: I shall strike first at the one who bears the shield of flames... and after...)

  Indeed...

  Twas a masterful thing, one would say...

  Why...

  The very thing...

  Well, I suppose...

  The very idea of a plan as so would confound the common man...

  Yes...

  For...

  Indeed...

  Twas his very plan to distract the man by the name of Vance Hessenger first, and thereof...

  Indeed...

  His second strike would perhaps divide him from his ally...

  Should he have the mind to dodge...

  And thereafter..

  Geldman: (thinking: I shall leap upon him!)

  Indeed...

  Twas a simple plan...

  Yes...

  For...

  Indeed...

  Even so, had this battle begun...

  Why...

  Had the man by the name of Jon Hessenger...

  Thrown many of the blows...

  Why...

  His very brother had remained somewhat restrained...

  Reacting only when necessary...

  And even of, ...

  Had the very man failed to show himself a fighter...

  For...

  Indeed...

  His very blows remained unseen...

  Why...

  He did, in fact...

  How you say...

  Play the shield-man...

  Yes...

  Twas the many of his very schemes, I would say...

  Hmmm?

  Schemes?

  Why...

  Dear reader...

  Have I not said...

  That shinobi...

  Are tricksters?

  Why...

  Tis of their very nature, I would say...

  Nay...

  Twould be a rare occurrence...

  For two shinobi...

  Battling as such...

  To fail to have one such trick...

  Even so, were the pair brothers...

  And thereof...

  Why...

  Did the very pair indeed have a scheme afoot...

  Yes...

  However...

  Why...

  Dare I say...

  Do the very things of this world...

  Fail to find themselves oh so simple...

  For...

  Indeed...

  Did the very trick, by the man by the name of Sir Geldman Morrow...

  Find himself clever among the very men...

  For...

  Indeed...

  Did Vance Hessenger...

  Fail to deduce the very ploy that did find itself of Sir Geldman's very mind...

  For...

  Geldman: (thinking: Now! Tis the time!)

  Twas at the very throwing of his first blade...

  That...

  Yes...

  The very eyes of the man by the name of Vance Hessenger...

  Did widen with shock...

  For...

  Indeed...

  Tis as a strong man may soon learn of the very ways of the shield...

  Even so...

  Of the blade...

  Nay...

  Even so, of his work...

  Indeed...

  Does a soldier...

  Nay...

  Even so, one as well trained as Vance Hessenger...

  Soon find himself quickly judging...

  Vance: (thinking: Tis for me...)

  Indeed...

  The very trajectory...

  Of the hurled blade...

  Headed for his very body...

  And thereof...

  Why...

  Did the very man fail to feel fear...

  Vance: (thinking: It shall penetrate the shield... However... tis not...)

  Yes...

  Twas the very danger of the weapon...

  That failed to even so stun the very thoughts of his mind...

  However...

  Even so...

  Would he soon require to move...

  And of that...

  Why...

  Did Sir Geldman Morrow...

  Even so...

  Even before the very blade would find itself upon the ground...

  Indeed...

  Did the very Knight...

  Geldman: (thinking: And now to the other.)

  Yes...

  Did he aim his other blade...

  Timely...

  To the very man by the name of Jon Hessenger...

  Yes....

  Twas a masterful deed, one would say...

  Why...

  To pull a trick...

  Yes...

  Even so, under a circumstance, so dire...

  Yes...

  Even so, against a very shinobi...

  Why...

  The very man should be proud of himself...

  The very act in and if itself...

  Why...

  Few a Knight could ever attest to such...

  Yes...

  Truly, I say unto you, dear reader, truly...

  Would only the very smallest of groups among the Knights...

  Ever find themselves so...

  Yes...

  Very few...

  However...

  Twas...

  Even so, in the very cleverness of the endeavour...

  A pair of errors...

  Yes...

  Hmmm?

  Why...

  Twas fully understandable...

  For...

  Indeed...

  Tis one of the many things of battle...

  To merely...

  How one would say...

  Assume...

  Yes...

  And of these assumptions...

  Indeed...

  Did the man by the name of Sir Geldman Morrow...

  Find himself wise...

  For...

  Indeed...

  He found himself of a decision...

  Guided by the very experiences of his battle...

  For...

  Surely...

  Geldman: (thinking: The very pair are of the same strength.)

  Indeed...

  Had he failed to bear witness...

  Unto the very difference in rank of the pair...

  And thereof...

  Why...

  Was there yet another folly...

  Yes...

  And thereof...

  Why...

  Even so as he judged one a shield man and warrior...

  Even so as he judged them to be of the same strength...

  Indeed...

  Had he failed to realise...

  The poor chap...

  Indeed...

  That the very opposite...

  Was true...

  For...

  Indeed...

  Twas not a shieldman and warrior...

  Nay...

  Twas a shieldman truly...

  However, of that...

  Indeed...

  Did he find himself well...

  Nay...

  Even so...

  Better versed...

  In the arts of offensive magic...

  Than the very shinobi-wizard...

  That stayed right beside him...

  And of that...

  Why...

  Did Sir Geldman Morrow...

  Soon find himsrlf upon the ground...

  Behind the very building upon which he stood...

  For...

  Even so as the second blade did leave his hand...

  Why...

  Did Vance Hessenger have the mind...

  To step aside to avoid the first...

  And even of...

  Indeed...

  To stop the second...

  From harming his brother...

  Even so, as he may have found himself perturbed by the very acts of the Knight...

  Indeed...

  Tis as one would say...

  The very meaning...

  Of a difference in rank...

  For...

  Indeed...

  Did the very man...

  Dodge the very first of the blades...

  And of that, ...

  Why...

  Tis as one may say...

  A very mark...

  Of the trust between the very brothers...

  For...

  Even as the man by the name of Jon Hessenger did find himself under attack...

  Even as he found himself preoccupied upon his very spell...

  Did the man by the name of Vance Hessenger...

  Leap upon his very shoulders...

  And thereof...

  Even with his very hands upon his brothers shoulders...

  Not merely kick the blade back...

  Narrowly missing the Knight...

  Who now found himself fully perturbed...

  Indeed...

  He also...

  Vance: Incantation: Smoke screen.

  Yes...

  Cast a shadow of smoke about the very two of them...

  Nay...

  Even so, had the very flaming stream soon halted...

  Nay...

  Even so, did Sir Geldman Morrow find himself troubled...

  For...

  Geldman: (thinking: How... how be it....?)

  Indeed...

  Twas his very failure...

  Well, I suppose one may say...

  The very third of his failures...

  To not understand...

  Nay...

  To underestimate...

  The very bond...

  Between the pair of brothers...

  For...

  Indeed...

  Twas then...

  That...

  Hmmm?

  Oh dear...

  Time again?

  Why...

  I suppose I may merely wrap things up...

  For...

  Tis merely a sentence, I would say...

  Yes...

  For...

  From the very cloud of smoke...

  Did a flurry of knives...

  Fly towards the man...

  And thereof...

  Indeed...

  Did he fall...

  Yes...

  Well, I suppose I may well stop here...

  For...

  Indeed...

  The very time we have together has ended...

  Yes...

  Do find yourself strong, dear reader...

  Do find yourself strong indeed...

  And thereof, remember...

  Fail to underestimate...

  The very power of two...

  Yes...

  Do fail to underestimate it...

  Yes...

  And of that, a good day to you...

  Dear reader...

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