Far from the outskirts of the city, back at Hunters' Paradise, another residence was witnessing a different kind of family moment.
This time, between a brother and his sister.
Alicia Heart had always been a hesitant girl.
Timid, shy, indecisive, and so soft-spoken that her voice could barely be heard.
Yet beneath all that uncertainty lay a skill that couldn't be underestimated, along with an exceptional lightness of movement.
On the night of her return, Alicia put that agility and skill to use, helping her younger brother sneak into her room so she could spend the one day she'd been given with him.
Her brother was still very young, even younger than Chai, and he was deeply attached to his older sister.
His disappointment had been immense when he learned that the sister who had finally returned after such a long absence would be leaving again the very next day.
Worse still, she was heading to the land where the people responsible for their mother's death lived.
