Rallohir

"It has to be my strangest one yet." And he began... "Then I woke up to find "someone had shifted in their sleep. Then you know the rest from there." He smiled as he finished talking

"We can just walk, if you want. Oh! I wanted to tell you that I had a dream while we were in the cabin."

"Let's finish eating and then we can decide."

"Then let's find something else to do." He looked at her. "What do you want to do?"

"Here, how about we try these." He leads her to another vendor selling roasted potatoes, a delicious smell wafting from it. "Can you smell that? Imagine what they taste like. Do you want to try those?"

"What's wrong? Did you actually like it?"

"I know, right? What else do you wanna try?" He smiled back

He led her over to where a man was selling pork. He motioned for two, and gave the man one of his knives. The vendor looked at him suspiciously, but passed him the meat anyways. He handed one to Vena, "Try it, it's good I promise."

He took her hand, and they walked out the door. They walked down a path until they found the main road, and from there saw vendors selling various meats, candies, and other foods.

He shrugged "It doesn't take to long to recharge, I've already got 30 or so right now. Besides, it was more than worth it."

"Well, you see, by the river... You weren't breathing and your heart wasn't beating, and everything I tried didn't work. So I took the remaining 368 knives, converted them to raw power, and invested you with it. It was a last resort, but it worked. I didn't think there would be side effects to investing you with that much power..."

He looked down, thoughtful, "Could I have? Maybe..." He mumbled, thinking to himself

"They were a grey or silver colored before, now they're shockingly violet... they're beautiful..." He trailed off, looking deep into her eyes

"Vena, your eyes, they're... they've changed!"

"I promise you'll like it if you give it a chance."

"Look at shops, try new foods, I'm sure they have local entertainment, being so isolated."

"Let's find them before we go, then we can have a look around. How does that sound?"

"We should give it a little tour first, don't you think? At least we won't be staying in one place."

"Why don't we go find something to do. It'll help to take your mind off of things for a while."

He walked up to her, pulling her close in a hug. "It's all right now, we're ok, we're safe."

He followed her

He pulled off his robe and draped it over her shoulders, wrapping her in the thick fabric. "You'll want to hold on for this next part." He searched the Void and found ten of his knives had returned. He let five drop out of the robe's pocket, forming the familiar wheel he used for fast transportation. He used one to shoot himself into the sky, and after a few moments spotted smoke a ways off. He dropped down next to Vena, "Hold on tight." He wrapped his arms around her, and they were off, flying through the air at breakneck speed. They whizzed past trees and snow, ice and rock, until the familiar shape of the inn came into view. He set her down, and opened the door for her. "Glad I got the right building this time."