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-- The most useful areas of the Training Centre were the ones least frequented; the overgrown, humid, jungle-like foliage that thickened the further in you went. Meri sat on a log that lay, artfully, across a very small clearing, as if it really had fallen there naturally - not been placed by Garden architects. Either the monsters were feeling generous, or they had all been beaten down by morning classes; regardless, she wasnât bothered, and that was all she wanted. Sheâd begun to spend her lunch breaks here. It gave her eyes a break from the glaring clinic flourescents, and her ears a break from Helenaâs constant tales of her grandkids.Â
She could hear faraway sounds of passing students; none nearby. Tentatively, she cleared her throat and quietly, very quietly sang one note. No... that wasnât it. She tried again, roughly an octave lower. No... still not there. Once more, higher this time. That sounded... okay. But the next one...?
She carried on like this for a while, chaining anything up to three notes before changing her mind and starting again. Just as she was beginning to get frustrated with herself, a voice floated down from above.
  âCanât you remember it?â
  âWhoâs there?â
She stood up, searching, but saw no one.Â
  âUp here, Meri. Do you have a last name? No, I suppose not. A wise decision; I have trouble enough with one, myself.â
Squinting into the darkness, Meri could see nothing; until this mystery figure shifted, and something silver glinted momentarily in the light. Once her eyes found that and pinpointed his position, the shape of him began to emerge from the darkness; a stranger who knew her name, reclining along a low tree branch, dressed in black. All that stood out was the whiteness of his face and fingertips as they played with a flute in his hands.
  âHave you been here...?â
  âThe whole time? Not the whole time, Iâm certain there are events in your history that I have not witnessed. Regrettably, I missed the inaugural speech of Madam President Adel, for example; I suppose I shall forever wonder what sort of noise comes from a mouth so grotesquely formed.â
Meri laughed, head tilted, more confused than anything else.
  âIâm sorry, I donât know you... have we met?â
  âI should say so. On the crossing from somewhere brighter.â
  âMy apologies. Of all things, Iâve never been a cadet before. Military life never suited me.â
She ought to fetch security; something clearly wasnât right here. But he seemed... Harmless would be the wrong word entirely, while he sat up there like a nightmarish Cheshire Cat, grinning at her from the darkness, but if he meant to hurt her, he would have done so while she was distracted. Against her better judgement, she climbed up onto the log sheâd been sitting on; followed it to a branch within reach on a nearby tree; and climbed from there to one near enough opposite him. It seemed pointless to question him about how he knew her name; and truthfully, there were more pressing questions she wanted to ask.
  "Youâre right,â she sighed, âI donât remember that song. Itâs always in my head, but... do you know it?â
She nodded at the flute he held. If he was a musician, perhaps that was what prompted him to speak.Â
  âI do,â he said, âBut itâs not a song for now, Iâm afraid.â
Meri kicked her feet a little, staring down at the dirt track below her.
  âWill you tell me what itâs called, at least?â
  âYou know it better than I,â he replied, âIâll make you a deal. If you can tell me its name, I will play it for you.â
  âBut I donât remember.â
  âMemories are all much the same; things we recall at the worst possible moment. In the meantime -- charmed as I am by the sterile way of life you keep here, I am, in fact, in search of information.â
  âWhat kind of information?â Meri replied, narrow-eyed and ready to call for Faculty.
  âThe sort that can only be passed from one master to another; put simply, Iâm in the market for a magic tutor, and would be quite tolerant of you in the role.â
  âOh, would you, now?â
  âBetween you and that dreadful Trepe woman? Certainly. Does it seem a fair trade to you?â
  âHardly. You get the payoff immediately, while I have to perform an impossible feat to make you hold up your end of the bargain.â
He waved a hand and grinned. âThen drag it out. I daresay my presence is an improvement on no company at all.â
  âDonât flatter yourself.â Meri replied, though she was trying not to return his expression.
The strangerâs grin widened. âI believe I shall like you.â
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 Luca may have been one of the more progressive Spiran cities, but Elani still remembered drawing stares from passers by whenever she found herself there. Things had changed, and for the first time, she sat on a bench near the docks and felt truly invisible. There could be no mistaking her for anything but the Al Bhed she was, but no one cared.Â
That invisibility had served her well; sheâd been following someone for a while now, in a half-hearted way. It hadnât been intentional, to start with. She had seen Yuna once, and found she couldnât bear the thought of losing track of her. But at the same time, she couldnât bring herself to speak to her. What was she supposed to say? Hey kid, long time, no see? Hadnât she been through enough?
Elani let her gaze fall away from where Yuna stood, on the other side of the street. Screwing up the paper that had held her lunch, she got up, tossed it into the trashcan beside her, started down the street toward the city centre and--
-- walked straight into Yuna, who must have moved while she wasnât looking.
âYuna--! I mean-- ... Sorry, Iâm sorry--â
She should walk away, quickly, but her feet wouldnât move.
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