Gate of Memoirs/Calm Before The Storm

The dragon finally finds his mark.
Episode 6—Premonitions—
Portrait 	Dialogue
Music: "Sunset Prayer"	Music: "Sunset Prayer"
 	
*From this vantage point, the sky and the sea seem joined as one in the distant horizon.
*Tevarius narrows his golden eyes at the gathering clouds as the faint smell of wet earth greets his senses.
 	
*Tevarius: (The storms...have grown more frequent.)
*Tevarius: (Just like when I was roused from my slumber in the Eastern Plains...)
 	
*Sero-Anya: Teeeevvv!
 	
*Sero-Anya: Whatcha looking at?
 	
*Tevarius startles and looks down at the child bounding up next to him, arms full of picked flowers.
*Tevarius: The...The sky.
*Tevarius: It's, um, a nice color, isn't it?
 	
*Sero-Anya: You sure like the sky, don't you Tev? You keep staring at it!
 	
*Sero-Anya: Can you fly? Are you actually a winged creature of some kind?
 	
*Tevarius: Um...No?
*Tevarius: (Ahh, my friend...How did it come to this?)
Portrait 	Dialogue
Music: "Earth Lament"	Music: "Earth Lament"
 	
*Sero-Anya: Hm~Hmm~
*Sero-Anya: Oh! Someone's coming up the road...
 	
*Tevarius: Juno...?
 	
*Tevarius: No, but...
*Tevarius: You look so much like her, but you're a...child!
*Tevarius: Ahhh, my friend! What...How...?
 	
*Sero-Anya: Umm...I'm Sero-Anya...
*Sero-Anya: Are you looking for someone?
 	
*Sero-Anya watches the strange, pointy-eared man in lavish garb pace up and down the dirt path, one hand massaging his temple.
 	
*Tevarius: Really! This is...absurd! What am I to do with a...a goddess-child?!
*Tevarius: How am I supposed to help?
 	
*Sero-Anya: Ummm...
*Sero-Anya: I-I'm going to leave now, if you don't mind...
 	
*Sero-Anya takes a few paces backwards, then breaks into a small jog away from the man...
*...and promptly trips on a small stone marker.
 	
*Sero-Anya: Eeeek!
*Sero-Anya: O-Oh...
 	
*Sero-Anya finds herself suspended in midair by a pair of sturdy arms.
 	
*Tevarius: Whew. You should be more careful!
 	
*Sero-Anya: (This man...feels familiar...)
 	
*Sero-Anya: (Somehow I feel...at ease...)
*Sero-Anya: Umm...Thank you.
 	
*Tevarius: I'm glad you're safe. I've come in search of you, actually, at the behest of Great Sage Zeruiah.
*Tevarius: My name is Tevarius.
 	
*Sero-Anya: Tevar...Teh-vah...ree-us...
 	
*Sero-Anya: ...Can I call you Tev? Or Tevvy?
 	
*Tevarius: ...Sure.
 	
*Sero-Anya: Did you mention Zeru just now? I dreamed about her, you know!
*Sero-Anya: I was just going to look for her!
 	
*Tevarius: I see...
 	
*Tevarius: In that case, we'd best be on our way.
*Tevarius: This is no place for a lone child.
 	
*Sero-Anya: Hey...can I hold your hand, Tev? So I don't trip again?
 	
*Tevarius: ... ...
 	
*Tevarius: Hold on tight.
Portrait 	Dialogue
Music: "Sunset Prayer"	Music: "Sunset Prayer"
 	
*Tevarius: (This is quite a predicament...)
*Tevarius: (It will be a trial to bring her back to Zeruiah, with the Vale in such a state.)
*Tevarius: (It's a miracle I even found her alive and well, what with all these vile creatures prowling the land—)
 	
*Sero-Anya: Tevvy? You're making a funny face...
 	
*Tevarius sighs, and places a warm hand on Sero-Anya's shoulder.
*Tevarius: It's nothing.
*Glancing out over the horizon and back at her, Tevarius kneels and looks into Sero-Anya's eyes.
*Tevarius: Sero-Anya, do you remember anything about the people in your dreams?
*Tevarius: The two ladies you've been telling me about.
 	
*Sero-Anya avoids his gaze and fiddles with her hair.
*Sero-Anya: Not really...
*Sero-Anya: I mean, I think I...know them, but I don't know their names.
*Sero-Anya: I don't know why they're fighting, but at the same time I kind of do.
*Sero-Anya: ...Sorry...That doesn't make any sense, does it?
 	
*Tevarius: Hmm...
*Tevarius: You said someone told you to go to Zeruiah, yes?
 	
*Sero-Anya: Uh huh. A really soft and gentle voice.
*Sero-Anya: Are we going to go look for her?
 	
*Tevarius: ...Yes. I think we should.
*Tevarius: Listen carefully, Sero-Anya.
 	
*Tevarius: Our journey will be dangerous, so it is imperative you stay close to me, and out of sight if you must.
*Tevarius: We've been lucky so far, but where we're going, there's bound to be enemies.
*Tevarius: I will do everything I can to keep you safe. You have my word.
 	
*Sero-Anya: O-Okay.
*Sero-Anya: Tev, I don't want you to get hurt because of me. I've already...
 	
*Sero-Anya starts to sniffle.
*Sero-Anya: I did...bad things to Zeru...
*Sero-Anya: Some part of me feels like I've done it before.
*Sero-Anya: But...But I'd never do such a thing...
*Sero-Anya: That's just cruel and mean.
 	
*Tevarius: ...It was just a dream, Sero-Anya. I'm sure Zeruiah is fine.
 	
*Tevarius: Let's be on our way and not keep her waiting, hmm?
 	
*Sero-Anya: Okay.
 	
*Tevarius watches Sero-Anya closely as she leaves the flowers by a makeshift stack of stones.
 	
*Tevarius: ...Heavens above. Zeruiah, I do hope you're safe.
*Tevarius: For all of our sakes.