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## Summary

Xaillen arrives at Kord Arena hoping to get in as a competitor. There's a talk with the guards about getting a Kord license to compete and Xaillen is asked to wait until the guards come back with knowledge on how to do things. A white cat girl tries to pickpocket him but Xaillen stops her by grabbing her arm. The cat girl tries to get away but fails. Xaillen is about to call for the guards when the girl doesn't want trouble. Xaillen learns that she was going to pick-pocket him off a whim and decides to offer her a job. He gives her two gold pieces in advance to look into Achillon. She calls herself Pikria Thymos and runs off.

Seven, Sybl, Olwen Edgeworth and Flint arrive. Olwen is clearly worried about Xaillen but he thinks the opponents could use a handicap given his previous injury. The guard returns noting that the owner of the arena was happy to see Xaillen again. He notes that the registration could take a few days to fill out but Xaillen is willing to wait. Seven doesn't understand what's happening while Flint and Xaillen notice Xaillen's body language when the guard mentioned next of kin. She accidentally speaks about profiling friends loud enough for Xaillen to hear it. Xaillen manages to hide the shock he heard from it. Flint affirms that he's one of her friends alongside her brother, sister-in-law and niece.

Xaillen is given a ton of papers to fill out so he goes with Olwen and the rest of the group. Meanwhile Adrian Tanlaial and Hoshimi talk about not telling the others about Adrian's lineage. Adrian pulls out his noseplugs now that his nose isn't bleeding. He hopes that his other two educational buddies have been talked to. He talks about Michael the dwarven artificer and Alex the political science teacher and how he views them as best friends. Hoshimi notes that Adrian focuses on his parents during conversations and not himself. Adrian doesn't know what to say as he hit it off really well with Lucy, Michael and Alex but judged Seven, Hoshimi, Xaillen, Sybl, Olwen and Flint right away. Adrian replies that he tried to get along with others but luck wasn't in his favor. Hoshimi says he should try harder and not rely on luck.

With that Adrian moves ahead, the others arrive. Adrian then comments on Xaillen being a Blade of Amarta and Xaillen notes that he's not the most ideal member. Back on track Xaillen guesses that when Raquel awakened her magic for the first time, she was lacking self-control. Adrian confirms that it does happen from time to time but had no idea how or why. Xaillen notes that the pieces fit into place but there's one feeling he can't shake. Hoshimi notes that Xaillen only thinks of himself and Olwen doesn't want a fight to break out so she beckons Sybl to join her in reading some books. Xaillen and Hoshimi begin arguing about surrendering when being surrounded when they came out of the underdark city. Seven does play with the ball of yarn for a bit but when Xaillen is about to walk off, Seven runs up to the trio holding the yarn ball. She ends up tripping and gets tangled in the yarn. As Hoshimi unties her, Olwen voices her concerns about consequences but Xaillen rebuffs her by saying they can distance herself from him. Olwen says no as Seven throws the yarn ball on Xaillen's head. She misses and Hoshimi calls Xaillen out for distancing himself.

## Notable events

* Xaillen meets a cat girl named Pikria Thymos trying to pickpocket him and offers her a job
* Xaillen is told to wait a few days before he can fight in the arena
* It's revealed that a Blade of Tamara relates to the character Amarta for reasons explained later