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"Woooow..." Lily stared at Valen, turning her body as her eyes turned into sparkling stars once again. "coooooool!!!!" she seemed to be in a state like before, but she was more aware...as her fingers just didn't spark as much.

Braux and Zelph followed Diaze as he led them. Aza's tears didn't quell and Braux was becoming more convenced that there was more going on than just a missing sister. Zelph was trying to make the girl smile by juggling flames and doing other tricks. "Hey Diaze, you should jump through a fire circle." she giggled. He looked at her and stuck out his tongue and pulled the skin under his eye down with a finger.

Braux stayed calm, like a guardian keeping a silent watch over a princess. She is crying still.
Something is there.
What is it?
The voices started back up again, but being used to it, he showed no signs of being bothered. "We are getting close." Diaze stopped and looked around. Zelph looked around as well. They had no idea of what her sister looked like, but she had to bear some resemblance.

Aza fell silent, trying to wipe away her tears. But the hallucination of Pastel appeared before her, floating in front of her face. "what is wrong with you?" she said, "being a big BABY!!" Pastel giggled as Aza whimpered, "Gee, how old are you?" she let out an ugly laugh, "all you're doing is WHINING!!"
"WHINING doesn't do ANYTHING!!" Pastel screamed in Aza's face, making her cling onto Braux out of fear.

Valen laughed a little at Lily's response, then saw her eyes. He was worried at first... he certainly didn't want to have to slap her to get her out of the daze like Aza had... but if she was in a daze that was the only way he had been told to get her out....

"Lily?" he called her name.

Lily stayed in her daze, her mind wandering. She didn't hear Valen when he called her name. Her fingers were barely sparking, though.

Valen started to worry. "I can't slap her!" he thought. He reached over and put a hand on her shoulder, shaking her lightly... then a hand on each shoulder and tried a little more. "Lilly? Please snap out of it... I really don't think I can bring myself to slap you..."

He looked around, hoping that maybe someone else would show up to snap her out of it.

Lily stayed in her daze, but let out a sneeze that sounded like that of a mouse squeaking, causing her to blush and snap out of her daze. She fell backwards onto her back, hiding her head in her sweater like before in the cafe.

Valen jerked with a start, then felt bad as she fell backwards. "I'm sorry!" he said. He offered her a helping hand to sit back up. "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine! I'm fine..." she stayed like that. "I should be the one saying sorry..."

Valen took his hand back. "Nah," he shook his head. "You don't need to apologize." he looked at her, leaning to the side, trying to get a look in at her face, though he could not. "Need a hand?" he asked, extending his hand back to her.

Braux stumbled when she clung onto him tightly. Something was definitely not right with Aza. He held on to her shoulder tightly. "Zelph transform, we need to get her to her sister. Maybe she can help." Zelph's body slowly melded into a godly form. Horns and wings protruded from her as they grew larger, her torso and head became like a lion. Soft fur covered her while a snake grew from her hind end like a tail, her paws grew to accommodate the rest of her weight. Braux set the girl on Zelph back and he climbed on as well. "Diaze go." he commanded and they were off. "As soon as you see her, let us know, okay."

Aza just nodded, tears running down her cheeks.

Lily shook her head, head still in the sweater. "I'm in sweater town at the moment."

Valen laughed silently to himself. "Ok," he said casually. "It's a nice place to be... I used to go there when I was around large groups of people or if people paid too much attention to me. Only I used a jacket..." his voice trailed off a bit and lost it's bubbly tone.

"Oh? Really? Cool" she responded quickly. Inside of her sweater she was stifling a few giggles, blush still coating her pale pale features. Her piercings jingled as she moved a bit, making a soft CLANK.

Valen nodded, not that she would likely see that, though. "I've never been fond of people or social situations. In fact most typically I wouldn't even be talking to you... I'd be to shy. But you guys have made me feel so welcomed. It's a lot easier to talk to you than other people I have been around."

Lily then poked her head out just a bit so her eyes were visible. "W-wow. G-g-gee..." her eyes with almost glowing softly, as she giggled lightly and smiled. "That's...nice to hear. In fact, it's wonderful that I'm actually doing my other job right...the job of welcoming newcomers and helping get settled..."

Valen looked over at her, noting the new glow to her eyes. He smiled, "I think you do a great job."

He glanced around nervously and looked at his feet. He plucked a few more leaves of grass and twisted them mindlessly around his fingers.

Lily looked up to the sky, taking in a deep breath before re-entering sweater town. She was blushing and she knew it, and she was just gonna wait until it died down to pop out of the sweater.

Valen smiled again, rubbing the back of his neck. It made him feel slightly foolish knowing he made her blush with his comments. It was true, though... he did think she did a wonderful job.

"I'll... uh... stop talking for a while so you can... calm down?"