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"......" Tyson was silent as he saw the hood.

"....hm." he mumbled.

"That DOES look familiar..." he said.

"Hmmm." he then muttered further, thinking about it, and searching his brain for an answer.

"...oh!" he exclaimed, snapping his fingers.

"I can't remember the actual name of the organization, but aren't they the guardians of dreams?" he asked.

Tyson smiled.

"Well, glad I could help with that." he said.

"Yes, she seems to be doing QUITE well." he said further.

He then sighed quietly, and looked around.

"Pretty dead in here." he said offhandedly, before looking back at Syraene.

"So why did Sharp call upon your services?" he asked.

Tyson nodded.

"I've had dealings with her in the past." he said.

"We here at the Unit often collaborate and cooperate with guilds, and Candentus Lux is one of the ones we frequently deal with." he explained.

"She and I have worked together on a couple of assignments in the past." he told her further.

"Good girl. Headstrong and stubborn, but a good girl."

".....yeah, I know..." Ty responded, scratching the back of his head.

"I'm... too stubborn to do something like that..." he then said quietly. "For... various reasons." he muttered.

"And... Syraene Encrae?" he asked.

"That last name is familiar." he told her.

"....ah, I assume you are related to Ashley Encrae?" he then asked her.

"...." the man was silent for a moment, before chuckling lightly.

"Ah, sorry." he apologized. "I just deduced you were new, and you then essentially said you're new, but temporary here." he said further.

"I'm alive because my body is too stubborn to die." he told her. "Which is to say, no matter the damage I take, it's reversed. And pretty quickly too, depending on the severity of it." he continued.

"I'm agent Tyson King." he then introduced himself.

"I'm a Regenerator."

".....Ry." the demon seemed to know what was going on, and did something in response.

He took Ryker's consciousness, still tethered to his body, and placed it inside Eke's consciousness, almost like a physical being.

Ryker looked at the 5 year old that was there, and slowly made his way over towards him, sitting down in front of him.

"Hey..." he said quietly.

"It's noisy here." he commented.

"Betcha hate it, huh?" he then asked, just trying to calm Eke down and focus on him.

"Oh, fair enough." he replied.

"And I'm all right." he said. "Just got back from a bit of a tough assignment." he told her.

"Had to deal with a feral Acid-Claw Basilisk that some rich moron thought would be a good idea to have as a pet." he commented.

"Damn thing actually managed to slash my chest, too." he told her.

And that was an odd thing to say. When an Acid-Claw Basilisk scratched someone, its venom seeped in and killed them within a matter of seconds... no exceptions.

"Damn it, Eke!" Ryker shouted upon seeing Eke in this state.

"What's... what's wrong with him?" Aly asked.

"I don't know." Ryker responded.

"He got like this when his mother touched him." Aly then said, causing Ryker to freeze.

"....." he was silent, until the demon in him took over.

"Let's see what's goin' on inside him, then!" he declared, as an arm made of shadows came out from behind him, and slipped into Eke's body.

She noticed that the cafeteria had very few people in it... 3, including her. However, she then saw a man walk in, looking a big haggard, but awake.

He looked around, before seeing Syraene and raising an eyebrow. He made his way over towards her, sitting down across from her.

"Hello there." he greeted her.

"You're a new face." he said.

"When did you join?"

Aly looked at Eke, worry in her eyes.

"Eke..." she said quietly.

She then transformed into her dragon form, and started to fly through the air, carrying Eke with her. They arrived at Eke's home, with her transforming back.

"Ryker!" she called out, tears in her eyes.

Ryker came running out, and grabbed Eke.

"Walk and talk." he said as he started to carry Eke to his bed.

"..." Illias was silent for a moment.

"Yeah." he said.

"All right." he said further, sighing heavily.

"And yeah, thanks again." he told her.

"Talk to you later, Miss Syraene." he finished, before making his way back to where he was, and getting back to work.

"All right, thank you." Illias responded.

"I'll get to work immediately." he said.

"For some reason, I'm feeling really energized and rarin' to go." he commented, thinking about it for a moment.

"Just... I feel like I could pour myself into this, and happily do so for... hours upon hours." he chuckled, before shaking his head a little.

"I digress, I won't keep you any longer." he said.

"Thank you once again, Miss Syraene."

"...." Aly was silent as she saw this, before she felt something she'd never felt before: sheer, unadulterated anger.

She'd been mad in the past. Irritated, annoyed, aggravated, but this was the first time she'd ever felt herself get to THIS level of anger.

"....I don't care..." she said.

"You're scaring and hurting Eke..." she went on, quietly.

"LET HIM GO!" she then screamed, as she launched herself at the woman, wanting to tackle her down to the ground.

Aly landed as well, and changed form, getting in between Eke and the woman.

"Stop!" she said.

"I don't know who you are, but you look like you're hurting Eke!" she told her.

"So go away!" she said further.

"I won't let you hurt him!"