Thadius lays as the rain smacks against his battered body, "Thadius, I think he-" Water gushes out his clenched fists, "Slim almost took my life, don't you say anything." With a sigh, the woman wakes up and quickly gets up, "Where-" She looks around and her eyes widen when her eyes come upon Thadius, "Oh my god!" She slowly kneels down next to him, "Are you okay?" She touches his arm and he jerks his head away. "He's in a bad mood." She slowly rubs her face, "Shit. If I ever find Slim-" "What did he do to you, besides the-" She points to her missing arm and uses a water tendril to point to her face, "Besides this?" The tendril quickly collapses and she rubs her face again, "He killed someone I liked, then manipulated me." What the hell was that light? Since when can I- Pipe wrench! I jerk my clenched hand forward. Jess squints at me, "Jess, why did you save him?" She puts her hand to her hip, "How-" She looks down at the untouched hip for a split second, then jerks up to look at me, "How do you know my name?" "I'm psychic." She tilts her head, then rolls her eyes, "Sure you are. Anyway- I saw him all beaten up, drowning. I couldn't just leave him."

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Thadius sits up with Jess's help, "Markus, where is that sword?" A strong feeling comes on, urging me to lie. "I don't know." I had to drop it so I could descend safely, we lost energy and our wings failed as it did. No doubt the sword did that. "You had it. So where did you leave it?" Jess just rolls her eyes as we speak in Enochian. "I know where it is, don't worry about it." He rubs his stomach, "That thing caused all this. Those blackened demons, we're weaker. I can't even fight some damn pests in the sewers." He was an outstanding warrior, almost to the same level as Uda before he- How would I get back to the sword under this new rule under a demon? He probably knows what I look like. That might not matter. I better talk to Mama. "Markus! Where are you going!?" I can't help them now. "Markus!" Lights shine into the alley as I turn the corner. A series of shouts escape from where we were. With a quick peek, they're held at gunpoint, they hold up their hands.