Following his teachings? "Almost sounds like some sort of religious cult, there. But at least he did protect your world for a while. But a thousand years seems like an awfully long time to be listening to one person. It's much better for all of you to move on."

The world and situations change frequently, and blindly following one man never leads to any progress, Ales believes. Look at the Glade of Dreams: how many times was it in some danger no thanks to the carelessness of Polokus?

"I do intend to improve the lives of the residents of this land, but I don't believe the ability to set things on fire would be useful in most situations. I'm thinking more of, say, looking into Magitek or understanding just what the Crystals are." The latter had especially caught his interest, no doubt in the potential they held and how few things were known in how they worked.

He sighed. "But if you say that magic would be useful to learn, I might as well ask Mimi to help me the next chance I have." If there might be a chance that Ales could wield powerful magic, it would hurt to try, right?